2023/0081(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point d

(d) the tender’s contribution to resilience, taking into account the proportion of the products originating ~~from a single source of supply~~in third countries, as determined in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council72 ~~, from which more than 65% of the supply for that specific net- zero technology within the Union originates in the last year for which data is available for when the tender takes place.~~and taking into account the need to diversify supply sources: _________________ 72 Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1).

2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)

(5 a) In order to maximize the positive impact of the Union funding and the most effective contribution to the Union's open strategic autonomy, beneficiaries receiving financial support deriving from the Initiative should take measures to prevent unwanted technology and knowledge transfers developed within the framework of the Initiative, making use of the range of instruments available at the Union and national level. Member States should be notified and able to act when the risk of transfers from Union entities to outside the Union arises as a result of foreign take-overs or other measures taken by entities outside the Union to force technology or knowledge transfers.

2022/11/21
Committee: ITRE

2022/0033(NLE)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – point a

(a) assess the impact and consequences to the Union's semiconductor industry of the possible imposition of protective measures, including in particular whether the market situation corresponds to a significant shortage of an essential product pursuant to Regulation 2015/479 ~~and provide an opinion to the Commission;~~ , and a crisis, as defined in this Regulation; and provide an opinion to the Commission after detailed consultation with industry stakeholders and international partners. The activation of a crisis stage and the protective measures taken, shall not place the Union's semiconductor industry at risk of increased vulnerability as a consequence;

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Notes that Energy Performance Certificates currently lack comparability between Member States; stresses the gap between real energy performance and EPC calculated performance which is a source of confusion for EPC users; highlights the need to integrate the Building Renovation Passport, the Digital Building Logbook, and the Smart Readiness Indicator within the EPC framework to avoid a multiplication of tools and bring more clarity to consumers; believes this will facilitate renovation, increase its depth, ensure coordination between the different measures over time, and capture the multiples benefits;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Seán KELLY, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Pascal ARIMONT

10 b. Believes that consumers would benefit from the availability of additional information on the Energy Performance Certificates, notably regarding Indoor Environmental Quality parameters, such as thermal comfort and indoor air quality; notes that in the Commission's comprehensive study of energy renovation activities, health was the primary incentive to carry out energy renovations among private homeowners, with a clear connection between home quality, energy poverty and health; believes that indoor air quality should be included when Member States promote building renovation through public incentive schemes, information campaigns, etc.;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Seán KELLY, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)

10 c. Calls on the Commission to target non-residential buildings as the first mover, in the light of their decarbonisation potential and the fact that they are in average 55 % more energy intensive than residential buildings;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Seán KELLY, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Calls on the Commission to introduce a ‘deep renovation’ standard aiming for energy savings and greenhouse gas emission reductions, as well as high environmental standards, climate resilience and accessibility, as well as a harmonised definition of nearly zero energy buildings (NZEB);

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Seán KELLY, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Sara SKYTTEDAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11 b. Acknowledges that while deep renovations have the advantage of holistic change of a buildings energy performance, staged renovations can allow for less disruptive and more cost- efficient renovation measures by aligning them with given ‘trigger points’; notes that these are occasions either prompted by practical opportunities, personal circumstances, change of ownership or when rental properties change tenants; encourages Member States to consider how to use "trigger points" to incentivise renovations; further notes that the paper concludes that one-step and staged renovations are not in competition with each other, but are both suitable solutions depending on the specific situation; believes that staged renovations must be carried out in line with the deep renovation standards to avoid lock-in effects by ensuring a building renovation roadmap;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Seán KELLY, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Sara SKYTTEDAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Reiterates its calls for an EU skills initiative that enables intermediaries such as installers, architects or contractors to advise, prescribe or install relevant solutions for energy efficiency programmes and a decarbonised building stock; believes it is necessary for Member States to provide a clear link between their national LTRSs and adequate initiatives to promote skills and education in the construction and energy efficiency sectors;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Seán KELLY, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Sara SKYTTEDAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Calls on the Member States to invest in capacity buildings, technical assistance and on upskilling and reskilling policies to realise the twin transition;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Seán KELLY, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Believes that the principle of cost neutrality and cost efficiency can help lift millions of people out of energy poverty and reduce energy bills;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Seán KELLY, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Highlights that the EPBD should ensure that renovation delivers value for money and return on investment for homeowners and building owners by establishing real and measured improvements in energy performance of buildings; underscores that an approach based on the measured energy saved as a result of renovation will drive down the cost and increase both the quality and scale of the energy efficiency retrofits for existing buildings;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Seán KELLY, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Believes that One-stop-shops should advise and support both single- family homes and multi-unit buildings, and also provide support to accredited installers;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Seán KELLY, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Believes ~~that~~ the revision of the EPBD should serve to further promote smart and flexible buildings technologies and foster a data-centric approach; encourages the use and deployment of emergent technologies, such as smart meters, smart charging, smart appliances and energy management systems interoperable with the grid and 3D modelling and simulation and artificial intelligence, to drive carbon emissions reduction at every stage of athe building’s lifecycle, starting in the planning and design phases and continuing into construction, operations, and retrofit;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Seán KELLY, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. Highlights that up-to-date, reliable and complete data on the performance of the whole European building stock is key to develop and implement effective policies aimed at improving the energy efficiency of the sector;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Seán KELLY, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18 b. Believes that data must be available digitally and allow, through a GDPR- secure consent scheme, homeowners to pass on data to a third party who can use it to optimise energy consumption.

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Seán KELLY, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Sara SKYTTEDAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)

18 c. Encourages Member States to improve data collection on indoor environmental quality parameters, with a view to developing minimum indoor environment quality standards;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Seán KELLY, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)

18 d. Encourages Member States to ensure effective, ambitious, and consistent implementation of the approved Smart Readiness Indicator scheme across the EU; points out that the SRI should serve towards the achievement of the Renovation wave and the Energy System Integration by supporting the uptake of smart and flexible buildings;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Seán KELLY, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)

18 e. Notes that digital technologies should also be used to support the mapping of the existing stock and support LTRS deployment;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Seán KELLY, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Believes that the LTRSs should provide more details onfor long-term actions and integrated infrastructure planning, based on a roadmap with concrete policies and a timeline with clear milestones, to create a more stable environment for investors, developers, homeowners and tenants;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Seán KELLY, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls ~~on the~~for Member States to use the LTRSs to implement innovative policies to actively involve citizens in energy efficiency programmes and implementation of the LTRS; stresses the importance of involving stakeholders, including local municipalities, housing associations, building professionals are mobilised to develop integrated plans and implementation strategies for the decarbonisation of buildings;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Seán KELLY, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Sara SKYTTEDAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Notes that 30 % of domestic and 50 % of domestic accidental fires have an electrical source 1a; calls on Member States to develop an electrical inspection regime to be included in LTRS; believes that the European building stock renovation should integrate electrical safety checks and upgrades and ensure sufficient ventilation for smoke in case of fire; _________________ 1a https://www.feedsnet.org/#h.p_yx4F7usI0 mwl

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Seán KELLY, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. ~~Encourages more Member States to~~Acknowledges the different construction and renovation dynamics for different types of buildings (public and private, non-residential and residential) in Member States; calls on the Commission to set a framework for the introducetion of minimum energy performance standards; for existing buildings that are progressively tightened over time in line with the 2050 objective; underlines that such standards would help operationalise the pathway to climate neutrality in the building sector by 2050 at the latest, and can give visibility and security to the market regarding the transformation of the existing building stock;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Seán KELLY, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Sara SKYTTEDAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22 a. Encourages Member States to improve data collection on indoor environmental quality parameters, with a view to developing minimum indoor environment quality standards;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Seán KELLY, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)

22 b. Calls on the Commission to specify the relevant Indoor Environmental Quality parameters and minimum requirements to be considered in national EPBD implementations, including but not limited to thermal comfort (heating and cooling), Indoor Air Quality (ventilation), and adequate luminance (lighting);

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Seán KELLY, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23 a. Calls on the Member States to fully implement Articles 14 and 15(4) provisions, providing citizens and professionals with clear details on which Building Automation and Control System (BACS) can deliver the mandatory capabilities as soon as possible, in order to make sure all the preparatory actions take place without delay before the deadline (2025); calls on the Commission and Member States to consider using existing tools/checklists developed by experts and professionals in transposition;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Seán KELLY, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Recalls its demand for the next revision to evaluate the need to review and harmonize the charging infrastructure requirements in the EPBD and extend them to cover existing buildings, as well as include an integrated, systematic and circular approach for both urban and rural developments addressing the whole life cycle impact of buildings;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Seán KELLY, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that charging points in buildings are ready for smart charging and align the requirements with those set out in the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Seán KELLY, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Pascal ARIMONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)

24 b. Calls on the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the Directive in all its aspects; calls on the Commission to continue monitoring this implementation and take action in the event of non-compliance.

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2075(INI)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Massimiliano SALINI, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR, Tom BERENDSEN, Barbara THALER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Recognises the key role of urban mobility, in particular public transport, in local economy and in environmentally sustainable post-COVID-19 recovery. It also emphasises the need to decrease significant external costs of transport in urban areas linked to the current model of mobility.

2021/10/01
Committee: TRAN

2021/2075(INI)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Massimiliano SALINI, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR, Tom BERENDSEN, Barbara THALER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses the need for local authorities to adapt and reengineer public transport and infrastructure in order to ensure s~~afe, healthy~~mart, user-friendly, affordable and environmentally sustainable commuting options ~~and to complement public transport with~~. Increasing the share of clean vehicles in the public transport fleets is key for reducing carbon emissions as well as improving air quality in cities. Public transport needs to be further complement by safe, competitive and affordable on-demand and shared transport services and smart parking;

2021/10/01
Committee: TRAN

2021/2075(INI)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Massimiliano SALINI, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR, Tom BERENDSEN, Barbara THALER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Emphasizes that Cohesion Policy can provide decisive support to urban areas that aim to develop inclusive and fair smart-city initiatives. It can help them fulfil the stringent conditions necessary to seize the potential of both AI and the smart-city model (for instance, by improving administrative capacity and digital skills); Cohesion Policy should also encourage a shift from experimentation to scaling-up smart-city initiatives with funding and related support;

2021/10/01
Committee: TRAN

2021/2075(INI)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Massimiliano SALINI, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR, Tom BERENDSEN, Barbara THALER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Calls on the Commission to provide Member States with all the necessary guiding materials, differentiating between cities/regions based on their level of digitalisation and to facilitate access to funds for making alternative and sustainable mobility more attractive both for public authorities and the citizens;

2021/10/01
Committee: TRAN

2021/2075(INI)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Massimiliano SALINI, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR, Tom BERENDSEN, Barbara THALER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Stresses the need to properly coordinate the different EU initiatives and the different visions and strategies of smart cities within the Urban Agenda; believes that in order to increase the coherence and visibility of the objectives of these strategies, the European Parliament could collaborate closely with the Committee of the Regions;

2021/10/01
Committee: TRAN

2021/2075(INI)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Massimiliano SALINI, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR, Tom BERENDSEN, Barbara THALER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Calls on the Member States to mobilise Digital Innovation Hubs, as these have a key role to play in supporting urban authorities in rolling out effective smart-city strategies, in particular, the AI should address the specific needs of public authorities in designing the new mobility and transportation models;

2021/10/01
Committee: TRAN

2021/2075(INI)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Massimiliano SALINI, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR, Tom BERENDSEN, Barbara THALER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6 c. Believes that all future measures must be science-based, technologically neutral and they should follow comprehensive impact assessments that take into account the economic, environmental and social consequences;

2021/10/01
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Massimiliano SALINI, Andrey NOVAKOV, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Tom BERENDSEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the White Paper ‘Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area’ identified the main ~~shortcomi~~challenges of mobility in the Union already in 2011, most of which are still present today;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Massimiliano SALINI, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Tom BERENDSEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas transport is the only major economic sector in the Union where greenhouse gas emissions have increased since 1990, and even with the measures currently planned, emission levels will remain above 1990 levels in 2030; whereas inland freight transport could increase by over 50 % between now and 2050;he fuel efficiency of transport increased considerably over the last decades while the Euro class regulation successfully decreased road borne pollutants at the same time; Transport got safer for all Europeans and due to deregulation and technological progress all Europeans could afford to increase their mobility. The backside of this positive development was an overall increase of CO2 emissions from the sector, which needs to be addressed until 2050 while at the same time the achievements and benefits for our Citizens have to be safeguarded.

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Barbara THALER, Giuseppe MILAZZO, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas road transport is still dominant in freight transport and accounts for more than 73 % of all land transport while rail has only around a 17 % share and inland waterways a bit more than 5 %, and whereas a substantial growth in sustainable modal shift for freight requires a considerable increase of the investments in the transport infrastructure, in intermodal terminals and logistic nodes, in the digital applications for interoperability, such as ERTMS, and for increasing freight capacity, such as the digital automatic coupling (DAC);

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Tom BERENDSEN, Massimiliano SALINI, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas road transport is still ~~dominant~~the most reliable and cost efficient mode in freight transport and accounts for more than 73 % of all land transport while rail has to overcome its sector specific patchwork of rules in order to increase its share from only around a 17 % ~~share and inland waterways~~and investments in inland waterways infrastructure needs to be ramped up to increase its share of a bit more than 5 %;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Barbara THALER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Giuseppe MILAZZO, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas increased rates of cross- border rail passenger transport will play a decisive role to achieve the decarbonisation targets, and whereas large scale infrastructure projects along the TEN-T corridors will have to be completed to allow for a substantial increase of long-distance high–speed services for passengers;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Tom BERENDSEN, Massimiliano SALINI, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas some automotive manufacturers have announced a phase- out date for internal combustion engines for light-duty vehicles; whereas the industry has indicated that there will be 200 000 zero-emission heavy-duty-vehicles on European roads by 2030internal combustion engines already allow zero-emission or negative-emission operations if bio fuels or synthetic fuels are used;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Tom BERENDSEN, Massimiliano SALINI, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Benoît LUTGEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas technology neutrality is the most efficient way to address the different individual mobility needs of citizens and businesses, and it enables the market to offer tailored solution for the different challenges of rural and urban environments;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Barbara THALER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Giuseppe MILAZZO, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas the financial instruments under the NGEU, the National Recovery Plans, the ERDF and the CEF instrument will play a crucial role in advancing national and EU investments in the de- carbonisation and the digitization of transport infrastructure and services, and adequate synergies should be ensured among all these instruments on a long- term perspective;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Barbara THALER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Giuseppe MILAZZO, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

Hb. whereas the Joint Undertaking Europe’s rail under the HE programme will play a crucial role to enhance research, development and the industrialization of innovative technological outputs in the transport sector, and appropriate synergies should be established with other JUs and Alliances with applications in the same ecosystems, e.g. Clean Hydrogen, to deliver innovative and competitive sustainable solutions, while helping to overcome the budgetary constraints of the JUs;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Tom BERENDSEN, Massimiliano SALINI, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Andrey NOVAKOV, Benoît LUTGEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission’s sustainable and smart mobility strategy and supports its ambition to achieve a climate- neutral, digitalised, competitive, affordable, resilient, reliable, and efficient transport sector;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Tom BERENDSEN, Massimiliano SALINI, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Benoît LUTGEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Calls on the Commission that all upcoming policy decisions related to the CO2 targets as laid out in the Green Deal must follow the life-cycle approach.

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Tom BERENDSEN, Massimiliano SALINI, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Benoît LUTGEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Commission to formulate clear benchmarks and establish an annual report on the progress, including proposals for corrective measures if targets do not materialize.

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Massimiliano SALINI, Andrey NOVAKOV, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Tom BERENDSEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Benoît LUTGEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the sustainable and smart mobility transformation through the Next Generation EU recovery package by investing in research, rail infrastructure and by supporting European based production facilities for alternative fuels;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Barbara THALER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Giuseppe MILAZZO, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Reminds that the objectives envisioned in the Whitepaper for a ‘Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area’ in 2011 are yet to be achieved; therefore, calls on the Commission and the Member States for a more concrete approach, adopting measurable legislative and economic milestones to assess the progress towards 2030 and 2050 objectives;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Barbara THALER, Giuseppe MILAZZO, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the Commission’s efforts to accelerate the uptake of zero- emission vehicles and low- and zero- emission fuels; calls on the Commission to aim for higher numbers of zero-emission light- and heavy- duty vehicles by 2030 and to propose more stringent CO2 standards and air-pollutant emission standards; , while considering accompanying measures to support the market uptake of zero- emission heavy-duty vehicles, such as the revision of rules on weight and dimensions.

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Massimiliano SALINI, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Tom BERENDSEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Benoît LUTGEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Calls on the Commission to incorporate biofuels and synthetic fuels into the CO2 fleet targets for passenger cars, vans and heavy duty vehicles;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Barbara THALER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Giuseppe MILAZZO, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Believes that there is a strategic opportunity for Europe to become a leader in developing and producing alternative drive vehicles in particular in the heavy-duty sector, including for trucks and coaches, and calls on the European Commission to take the necessary steps towards this objective;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Massimiliano SALINI, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Jörgen WARBORN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Tom BERENDSEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines that ~~zero-emission~~alternative fuels, such as ~~clean~~ hydrogen ~~and~~, synthetic fuels and biofuels, should be used in a~~ccordance with the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle, mainly for those transport modes where direct electrification is not possible or not yet market-ready~~ll modes of transport in order to reap the benefits provided by economy of scales;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Massimiliano SALINI, Tom BERENDSEN, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the announced proposals on sustainable fuels for aviation and ~~maritime; underlines that any use of biofuels needs to meet the EU sustainability criteria, which take~~waterborne transport; underlines that a holistic approach for every mode and every energy carrier needs to be measured against its life- cycle greenhouse gas emissions ~~into account~~;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Massimiliano SALINI, Andrey NOVAKOV, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Tom BERENDSEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission to provide incentives for, and support research into and the development of alternative propulsion systems ~~that use direct electricity or fuel cells in the maritime and aviation sect~~in all modes of transporst;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Barbara THALER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Giuseppe MILAZZO, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Welcomes the confirmation of EGNOS funding and activities within the new Space Programme regulation and highlights that EGNOS procedures have been deployed in over 300 airports supporting the sustainable growth of airports;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Markus FERBER, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Welcomes the Commission’s idea to offer consumers carbon-neutral choices for scheduled collective travel by 2030, but underlines that these choices should be available for journeys up to 1 000 km;~~ Reiterates that a timely adopted legislation on an ETS for all modes of transport will enable the market to offer consumers carbon-neutral choices for scheduled collective and individual travel from 2030 onwards;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Barbara THALER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Giuseppe MILAZZO, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Underlines the opportunity to support long distance high-speed connections below reasonable distances for cross-border and national travels between major European urban nodes provided that modern high quality high- speed infrastructure is in place; therefore recommends that the Trans-Europa Express initiative is complemented with ambitious commitments to complete cross- border connections and missing links;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Barbara THALER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Giuseppe MILAZZO, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses the need to complete missing cross-border links to improve interurban cross-country connections; reminds the positive impact that the establishment of competitive high quality high speed train connections between Urban nodes had in some Member States in terms of travel quality and accessibility of urban and touristic areas where high- quality high-speed services are provided in a competitive rail market framework;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Underlines the need for investments not only in the high-speed railway network but also particularly in regional cross-border connections, as proper regional connections will incentivize people to use public transport for daily commuting purposes as well as preserve and improve the liveability of and economic activity in these regions;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Massimiliano SALINI, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Tom BERENDSEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission to propose a coherent legislative framework and proper enforcement tools to enable the market to offer mobility solutions that ~~include~~fit the demand for the first and the last mile, thereby integrating the use of sustainable public transport and private mobility solutions;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Acknowledges the fundamental role of cities and regions in the mobility transition; calls on the Commission and the Member States to cooperate with cities and regions to provide incentives to citizens and businesses to use alternative modes of mobility and transport;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Points to the challenges cities face in their transition towards smart and sustainable mobility, particularly with regards to integrating and streamlining new mobility solutions with existing forms of mobility; calls, in this regard, upon the Commission in cooperation with the Member States to identify certain cities in Europe as field labs and support them in their mobility transition, with the aim of collectively drawing lessons and learning from best practices;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Massimiliano SALINI, Tom BERENDSEN, Andrey NOVAKOV, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Benoît LUTGEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Underlines that rail has the biggest potential to realise efficiency gain, recalls that policy actions should be prioritised which increase capacity, reliability, availability and seamless cross border operations of rail freight across the Union;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Stresses that contrary to many congested roads, European inland waterways dispose of free capacity, offering a significant modal shift potential; calls, in this regard, for a holistic approach towards this entire mode of transport to increase its resilience, efficiency and sustainability, promote and incentivise its usage, and allow for sufficient investments in quality physical and infrastructure and equipment;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Barbara THALER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Giuseppe MILAZZO, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Reminds that to achieve a substantial modal shift to sustainable freight transport by 2030 and 2040 by rail requires considerable financial efforts to deliver high-quality cross-border networks and a considerable deployment of digital and telematics applications, such as ERTMS and DAC (digital automatic coupling);

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Points particularly to the need for increased investments in adequate multimodal infrastructure in ports, such as seamless rail connections and terminals, in order to facilitate competitive multimodal transport in Europe;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Massimiliano SALINI, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Tom BERENDSEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Benoît LUTGEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Stresses the need to ~~complete the internalisation of external costs for all modes of transport~~incorporate and monitor the implementation of the user pays and polluter pays principle for all modes of transport, while measuring the impact of each technology on the basis of a life-cycle analysis;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Tom BERENDSEN, Massimiliano SALINI, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. ~~Insists on the phasing-out of direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies by 2022 in the Union and in each Member State, and c~~Considers the revision of the Energy Taxation Directive as ~~the best~~a possibility to achieve a ~~stable and predictable carbon price~~level playing field for all energy carriers across the Member States;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Massimiliano SALINI, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Benoît LUTGEN, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Insists on an Impact Assessment on ETS and the Energy Taxation Directive with a special focus on the affordability for consumers and global competitiveness of our companies for all modes and including all possible ways to replace conventional fuels with batteries, synthetic fuels, biofuels, bio-LNG, shore power and hydrogen carriers;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Barbara THALER, Giuseppe MILAZZO, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Welcomes the initiative to implement multimodal ticketing, and encourages the Commission to include public service obligations stakeholders in the process from the very beginning; nevertheless, reminds the need to ensure an adequate level playing field among all transport operators and the digital platforms in terms of data access and exchange;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Welcomes the initiative to implement multimodal ticketing~~, and encourages the Commission to include public service obligations~~; reiterates that mandatory data sharing is the key to unlock the full potential of multimodality and encourages the Commission to enable a level playing field between all the stakeholders in the process from the very beginning;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Massimiliano SALINI, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Tom BERENDSEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Benoît LUTGEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Reiterates, that Galileo plays a crucial role in making all modes of transport more efficient, calls on the Commission to incorporate all GNSS services into the frame of the European Mobility Data Space and to promote and enable the use of those data by authorities, companies and citizens;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Massimiliano SALINI, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Tom BERENDSEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Benoît LUTGEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)

21b. Calls on the Commission to propose a harmonised framework for digital enforcement in all modes of transport and to amend the corresponding legislation in order to make electronical information on licenses, vehicles, drivers and certificates mandatory;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Barbara THALER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Giuseppe MILAZZO, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Encourages the Commission to commit strongly to the Shift2Rail and SESAR Joint Undertakings as well as the development of the Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Information Systems; furthermore, recommends that the Commission adopt all useful measures to ensure adequate synergies among the JUs and with other EU financial programmes with the aim to boost the industrial and innovative outputs of the JUs;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Tom BERENDSEN, Massimiliano SALINI, Andrey NOVAKOV, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Benoît LUTGEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Highlights that ~~all means of~~ digitalisation ~~should be used to~~improves efficiency which decreases greenhouse gas emissions ~~and increase transport safety; believes that it is of vital importance to ensure that every step of digitalisation contributes to a lower overall transport volum~~, while at the same time transport becomes safer, more reliable and affordable;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Barbara THALER, Giuseppe MILAZZO, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Notes that the shift towards sustainable and smart mobility requires an appropriate legal framework to ensure the sharing of data and proper data-integration between all relevant stakeholders, provided that a level playing field among all the stakeholders involved in terms of data access and exchange is ensured;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Tom BERENDSEN, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Benoît LUTGEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Notes that the shift towards sustainable and smart mobility requires the sharing of data and proper data-integration between all relevant stakeholders, calls on the Commission to ensure that incumbent transport companies are not abusing their position when it comes to booking platforms;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Massimiliano SALINI, Andrey NOVAKOV, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Tom BERENDSEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Stresses that the shift towards sustainable and smart mobility can create new high-quality jobs; believes that possible negative consequences that this shift may have for workers should be mitigated via social funding and a specific strategy for re- and upskilling as well as the redeployment of workers, thereby ensuring a just transitionmust not lead to a redeployment of jobs and factories into third countries;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Massimiliano SALINI, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Tom BERENDSEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Calls ~~for the~~to strengthen~~ing of~~ the social dialogue in order to e~~liminate any form of discrimination and unequal treatment~~ nsure that equal opportunities with regards to education and apprenticeship are achieved within the transport sector;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Tom BERENDSEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Benoît LUTGEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that every Citizen has the equal opportunity to pursue a career in the field of transport;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Barbara THALER, Massimiliano SALINI, Tom BERENDSEN, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Benoît LUTGEN, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Believes that the ~~Union’s industrial strategy, in particular the European Battery and Hydrogen Alliance~~Green Deal is only a success, if individual and collective mobility stays affordable, the Union becomes less reliant from third countries especially with regards to rare earth, rare metals and energy, whil~~l help to create well-paid and secure~~e at the same time our industries maintains their position as global leaders, thus securing and creating well-paid jobs throughout the Union;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2046(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Barbara THALER, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Giuseppe MILAZZO, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32a. Stresses the importance for the Commission to continuing providing financial and technical support for ground and airborne equipment in order to ensure the full exploitation of satellite navigation in the field of aviation, such as space-based augmentation (SBAS) technologies that enable precision approaches in airports and ground-based augmentation systems (GBAS) which enable all weather and low visibility operations highlighting that they both lead to future rationalization of ground navigation systems and improve the environmental impacts of airports;

2021/05/27
Committee: TRAN

2021/2015(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Markus FERBER, Jens GIESEKE, Brice HORTEFEUX, Massimiliano SALINI, Jörgen WARBORN, Magdalena ADAMOWICZ, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas European countries have a variety of different fleets of inland vessels, which makes inland waterway transport very convenient and useful for transporting different types and large quantities of cargo to different destinations on either large or small ~~river~~waterways;

2021/04/30
Committee: TRAN

2021/2015(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Markus FERBER, Jens GIESEKE, Brice HORTEFEUX, Massimiliano SALINI, Jörgen WARBORN, Magdalena ADAMOWICZ, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the further development of the inland waterway sector is a cornerstone to building a smart, sustainable and competitive European transport network;

2021/04/30
Committee: TRAN

2021/2015(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Markus FERBER, Jens GIESEKE, Brice HORTEFEUX, Massimiliano SALINI, Jörgen WARBORN, Magdalena ADAMOWICZ, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas the inland waterways, as one of the most environmentally-friendly modes of transport with a largely untapped further potential of transporting large amounts of goods across the European Union, can play a fundamental role in meeting the EU’s climate objectives;

2021/04/30
Committee: TRAN

2021/2015(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Markus FERBER, Jens GIESEKE, Brice HORTEFEUX, Massimiliano SALINI, Jörgen WARBORN, Magdalena ADAMOWICZ, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas a current modal share of 6% is far too little and a sharp increase in the modal share of inland waterway transport is needed to reduce road congestion, enhance safety, reduce emissions and lead to a more sustainable transport system as a whole;

2021/04/30
Committee: TRAN

2021/2015(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Markus FERBER, Jens GIESEKE, Brice HORTEFEUX, Barbara THALER, Massimiliano SALINI, Jörgen WARBORN, Magdalena ADAMOWICZ, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)

Ad. whereas contrary to many congested roads, European inland waterways dispose of free capacity, offering a significant modal shift potential; whereas the current navigability of the European waterways is patchy and the modal shift is hindered by missing links and poor reliability of free- flowing inland waterways;

2021/04/30
Committee: TRAN

2021/2015(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Markus FERBER, Jens GIESEKE, Brice HORTEFEUX, Massimiliano SALINI, Jörgen WARBORN, Magdalena ADAMOWICZ, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas ports play an important role as multimodal connecting points offering other modes of transport that can take over freight loads ~~temporarily~~, and whereas it is therefore important that sea and inland ports have good connections with the hinterland;

2021/04/30
Committee: TRAN

2021/2015(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Markus FERBER, Jens GIESEKE, Brice HORTEFEUX, Massimiliano SALINI, Jörgen WARBORN, Magdalena ADAMOWICZ, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas river cruises, ferries, day trip vessels, water taxis and water shuttles play an important role for tourism in Europe and should become a cleaner option for tourism and public transport in regions and cities with accessible and navigable rivers, lakes and canals, which would also make urban mobility more sustainable and effective;

2021/04/30
Committee: TRAN

2021/2015(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Markus FERBER, Jens GIESEKE, Massimiliano SALINI, Brice HORTEFEUX, Jörgen WARBORN, Magdalena ADAMOWICZ, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to take the initiative on green, efficient and digital leadership and to build on existing programmes such as NAIADES, which should inspire all stakeholders within the waterway transport sector, as well as other transport sectors, and in particular rail, to work together towards a sustainable future, while supporting the competitiveness of the sector as a whole;

2021/04/30
Committee: TRAN

2021/2015(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Markus FERBER, Jens GIESEKE, Massimiliano SALINI, Jörgen WARBORN, Magdalena ADAMOWICZ, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Commission to present proposals for a governance and regulatory framework in line with the next NAIADES action programme, providing European harmonisation and standardisation for quality navigability, vessels and qualification of crews; this framework should facilitate the coordination of investments, action programmes and the various bodies involved in inland waterway transport development, including the Member States’ administrations, EU agencies, TEN-T coordinators, River Commissions, and standardization committees;

2021/04/30
Committee: TRAN

2021/2015(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Markus FERBER, Jens GIESEKE, Massimiliano SALINI, Brice HORTEFEUX, Jörgen WARBORN, Magdalena ADAMOWICZ, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that more investment in ~~updating river and canal~~expanding and updating the physical and digital waterway infrastructure (for example, locks, bridges and interoperable deployment of digital technologies across borders) is key to enabling quality navigability and strengthening the reliability of this mode of transport, while respecting the applicable environmental law;

2021/04/30
Committee: TRAN

2021/2015(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Markus FERBER, Jens GIESEKE, Massimiliano SALINI, Brice HORTEFEUX, Jörgen WARBORN, Magdalena ADAMOWICZ, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Urges, in this regard, the Member States to fully respect their obligation to complete the TEN-T core inland waterway network by 2030, and the Commission and the TEN-T Coordinators to strengthen their oversight in this regard, eliminating the missing links and allowing for quality physical and digital infrastructure; points particularly to the need for increased investments in adequate multimodal infrastructure in ports, such as seamless rail connections and terminals, in order to facilitate competitive multimodal transport in Europe;

2021/04/30
Committee: TRAN

2021/2015(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Markus FERBER, Jens GIESEKE, Massimiliano SALINI, Brice HORTEFEUX, Jörgen WARBORN, Magdalena ADAMOWICZ, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls upon the Commission and Member States to better take into account that it is often families with children on board who are operating in the inland waterway sector and to invest in adequate and regular facilities along the waterway routes in order to allow for decent en route living conditions;

2021/04/30
Committee: TRAN

2021/2015(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Markus FERBER, Jens GIESEKE, Massimiliano SALINI, Brice HORTEFEUX, Jörgen WARBORN, Magdalena ADAMOWICZ, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Underlines the significant potential of rehabilitating connecting waterways and canals, in particular in regions that have suffered from decades of insufficient investments in inland waterways infrastructure;

2021/04/30
Committee: TRAN

2021/2015(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Markus FERBER, Jens GIESEKE, Brice HORTEFEUX, Massimiliano SALINI, Jörgen WARBORN, Magdalena ADAMOWICZ, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Notes that there is not a ‘one size fits all’ solution for tackling~~Stresses the need to better address the problem of low and high water levels as a result of climate change, in particular via more effective and resilient infrastructure; deplores~~, however,~~ that the problems of the inland waterway sector, caused by ~~the~~floods and low water levels, have not been taken duly into account;

2021/04/30
Committee: TRAN

2021/2015(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Markus FERBER, Jens GIESEKE, Brice HORTEFEUX, Massimiliano SALINI, Jörgen WARBORN, Magdalena ADAMOWICZ, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Points, in this regard, to the relevance of integrating the use of space data and services such as provided by Galileo and Copernicus;

2021/04/30
Committee: TRAN

2021/2015(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Markus FERBER, Jens GIESEKE, Massimiliano SALINI, Jörgen WARBORN, Magdalena ADAMOWICZ, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Highlights the importance of ~~further encouraging and supporting initiatives aimed at the use of~~quickly stepping up the availability and roll-out of alternative fuels, alternative fuels' infrastructure and propulsion methods for shipping with a network approach and in accordance with the principle of technological neutrality; points out that inland waterway transport can be suitable for the deployment of hydrogen, LNG, sustainable fuels, biofuels, hybrid and electric vessels, when the EU directs adequate research funding this way as well as incentivises and improves the scalability of required investments; welcomes the use of all readily deployable options to reduce inland navigation emissions, including bridging fuels and transitional systems, such as improved catalysts and filters for existing ships; points out, in this regard, the value of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a transitional solution to reduce greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions in inland waterway transport, as LNG emits less CO2, NOx and particulate matter than conventional inland waterways fuels; notes that the existing, technically mature vessels and distribution infrastructure now based on LNG could be used for biogas and will therefore be essential in scaling up Bio-LNG as a marine fuel;

2021/04/30
Committee: TRAN

2021/2015(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Markus FERBER, Jens GIESEKE, Massimiliano SALINI, Jörgen WARBORN, Magdalena ADAMOWICZ, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Underlines the particular role that inland waterways should play in the EU Hydrogen Strategy, both for the clean fuelling of inland waterway transport and for the crucial importance of inland waterways and its ports for the clean and efficient distribution of hydrogen along the EU’s transport networks and industry clusters;

2021/04/30
Committee: TRAN

2021/2015(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Markus FERBER, Jens GIESEKE, Massimiliano SALINI, Brice HORTEFEUX, Jörgen WARBORN, Magdalena ADAMOWICZ, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Points out that there currently is a lack of market ready zero-emissions solutions; therefore calls on the Commission to develop a realistic roadmap to further reduce the pollutants and GHG emissions in order to reach a decarbonised inland waterway sector, while safeguarding competitiveness, reliability and safety;

2021/04/30
Committee: TRAN

2021/2015(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Markus FERBER, Jens GIESEKE, Brice HORTEFEUX, Massimiliano SALINI, Jörgen WARBORN, Magdalena ADAMOWICZ, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights that low-emission and zero-emission alternatives should become more ~~financially attractive than conventional propulsions and that this trend~~widely available and more affordable and that the uptake of these fuels should be accelerated, for example by a realistic, progressively increasing blending percentage based on an impact assessment as well as by regulatory stability and financial support, including through the granting of tax incentives by Member States;

2021/04/30
Committee: TRAN

2021/2015(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Markus FERBER, Jens GIESEKE, Brice HORTEFEUX, Massimiliano SALINI, Jörgen WARBORN, Magdalena ADAMOWICZ, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Highlights the importance of ports, and their specialised shipyards where the building, conversion and retrofitting of ships take place, in the energy transition; calls therefore on the Commission and Member States to direct adequate funding and investments towards ensuring sufficient capacity and adequate infrastructure in ports to facilitate the fleet renewal and energy transition of the shipping sector;

2021/04/30
Committee: TRAN

2021/2015(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Markus FERBER, Jens GIESEKE, Massimiliano SALINI, Jörgen WARBORN, Magdalena ADAMOWICZ, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls on the Commission to propose a governance framework for monitoring Rivers Basins pollution, facilitating coordination of European and national measures, investments, and action programmes;

2021/04/30
Committee: TRAN

2021/2015(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Markus FERBER, Jens GIESEKE, Massimiliano SALINI, Jörgen WARBORN, Magdalena ADAMOWICZ, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Notes that far-reaching digitalisation and data collection contributes to a cleaner environment and improved safety on board and result in more efficient routing, less congestion in ports and better communication and information exchange between ships, ports and infrastructure; ~~stresses the need to further harmonise River Information Services (RIS), which would~~calls for a strategy to develop and deploy digital and automated technologies in the inland waterway sector, outlining both interoperable standards, across modes and borders as well as the required research actions and funding, including via dedicated calls within Horizon Europe; stresses the need to update technical standards in the field of inland navigation (CESNI) and further harmonise River Information Services (RIS), which would simplify procedures in the field of regulating inland navigation, solve the problems arising from different interpretations of technical standards and the lack of comparable data, and allow for the speedy development and deployment of innovative solutions, and underlines the need ~~to prepare~~ for interoperable data exchange with other modes of transport;

2021/04/30
Committee: TRAN

2021/2015(INI)

32 b. 'pre-cabling’ means the measures that are necessary to enable the installation of electric vehicle recharging points: the technical equipment (cable routes, technical sheaths) as well as the electrical pre-equipment (switchboard, horizontal electrical column, bus cable);

2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii

(ii) after 1 January 20303, at least energy performance class ED;

2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE

2021/0426(COD)

Seán KELLY, Tom BERENDSEN, Pascal ARIMONT, Massimiliano SALINI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Radan KANEV, Salvatore DE MEO, Christian EHLER

(ii a) after 1 January 2035, at least energy performance class C;

2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE

2021/0426(COD)

Seán KELLY, Tom BERENDSEN, Pascal ARIMONT, Massimiliano SALINI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Radan KANEV, Salvatore DE MEO, Christian EHLER

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii b (new)

(ii b) after 1 January 2040, at least energy performance class B;

2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 11/23

Add the following to the extended core network: - Amsterdam (NL) - Groningen (NL) - Bremen (DE) rail passenger line

2023/01/25
Committee: TRAN

Tom BERENDSEN, Bart GROOTHUIS

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point iii a (new)

(iii a) the following paragraph is added: Electricity that has been generated by the vehicle itself may be counted as fully renewable, provided that the vehicle uses the generated energy for the movement of the vehicle.

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0205(COD)

Hildegard BENTELE, Markus PIEPER, Christian EHLER, Tom BERENDSEN, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) Development and deployment of sustainable aviation fuels with a high potential for sustainability, commercial maturity and a high potential for innovation and growth to meet future needs should be promoted. This should support creating innovative and competitive fuels markets and ensure sufficient supply of sustainable aviation fuels for aviation in short and long term to contribute to Union transport decarbonisation ambitions, while strengthening Union’s efforts towards a high level of environmental protection. For this purpose, s~~ustainable~~ynthetic aviation fuels ~~produced from feedstock listed in Parts A and B of Annex IX~~and biofuels which are not subject to high ILUC risk and comply with the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions criteria laid down in Article 29(2) to (7) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, as well as synthetic aviation fuels should be eligible. In particular, sustainable aviation fuels produced from feedstock listed in Part B of Annex IX of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 are essential, as currently the most commercially mature technology to decarbonise air transport already in the short termnd are certified in accordance with Article 30 of this Directive should be eligible. New production capacities need to be created while at the same time existing feedstock for biofuels and biogas should be used in production pathways with the highest environmental benefits in terms of GHG-emission reduction and GHG-intensity.

2022/03/14
Committee: TRAN

2021/0205(COD)

Hildegard BENTELE, Markus PIEPER, Christian EHLER, Tom BERENDSEN, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32 a (new)

(32 a) Given that this Regulation will generate additional costs for affected sectors and therefore for passengers, compensatory actions need to be taken. The Commission should therefore be obliged to present respective proposals before entry into force of this Regulation. The proposals should support necessary investments and offset the new financial burdens. Addressing on the one hand measures at EU level, such as enforcing public private partnerships, a targeted investment strategy and a clear allocation of financial resources by establishing a dedicated innovation fund, and on the other hand measures at Member States level such as reduction of taxes, charges and levies as well as the costs and duration of certification processes.

2022/03/14
Committee: TRAN

2021/0205(COD)

Hildegard BENTELE, Markus PIEPER, Christian EHLER, Tom BERENDSEN, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32 b (new)

(32 b) Research and innovation will play a substantial role in the development of sustainable and synthetic aviation fuels and the production capacity building. A respective investment priority should be clearly set within the relevant EU funding programmes identified by the Commission, i.e. Horizon Europe, Connecting Europe Facility, EU ETS Innovation Fund, InvestEU. A number of calls should be reserved to respective R&D activities.

2022/03/14
Committee: TRAN

2021/0205(COD)

Hildegard BENTELE, Markus PIEPER, Christian EHLER, Tom BERENDSEN, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 5

— ‘sustainable aviation fuels’ (‘SAF’) means ~~drop-in~~ aviation fuels that are either hydrogen, synthetic aviation fuels~~, advanced biofuels as defined in Article 2, second paragraph, point 34 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001,~~ or biofuels produced from othe ~~feedstock listed in Part B of Annex IX to that Directive~~r than high ILUC-risk feedstock, which comply with the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions criteria laid down in Article 29(2) to (7) of ~~that~~ Directive (EU)2018/2001 and are certified in accordance with Article 30 of this Directive;

2022/03/14
Committee: TRAN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

- having regard to the OECD Declaration of 23 February 2018 on Strengthening SMEs and Entrepreneurship for Productivity and Inclusive Growth,

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2242(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission communication of 14 October 2020 entitled ‘An EU strategy to reduce methane emissions’ (COM(2020)0663),

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2242(INI)

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2242(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Notes that, in order to build up a sustainable hydrogen economy fast enough to reach our climate goals, low-carbon hydrogen can play a transitional role; calls on the Commission to assess for how long and how much of this hydrogen would be needed approximately for decarbonisation purposes until solely clean hydrogen can play this rolemust play a vital and complementary role in ramping up the market; highlights in this regard, the important role of carbon capture and storage technologies (CCS); calls on the Commission to set up a technology- neutral regulatory framework and reduce regulatory and economic hurdles to foster a quick market uptake of low-carbon hydrogen;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2242(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Underlines that a ~~clean~~ hydrogen economy requires significant additional amounts of affordable renewable energy and the corresponding infrastructure; urges the Commission to develop a clear roadmap for investments in the relevant infrastructure for the production, transport and distribution of renewable and low carbon hydrogen; calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts in this regard and to ~~abolish~~make expedient use of taxes and levies on renewable electricity used to produce renewable hydrogen, promoting technologies that contribute to the decarbonisation of the economy, while avoiding undue market distortions at the expense of other energy sources;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2242(INI)

Angelika NIEBLER, András GYÜRK, Edina TÓTH, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria SPYRAKI, Riho TERRAS, Tom BERENDSEN, Markus PIEPER, Eva MAYDELL, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Hildegard BENTELE, Pernille WEISS, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Jerzy BUZEK

2020/2242(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)

13c. Underlines the need to design a market providing clean and low-carbon hydrogen as climate protection option to all businesses and in particular SMEs; calls on the Commission to estimate the amount of renewable and low-carbon hydrogen needed to help industrial SMEs to decarbonise their production processes and energy supply;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2242(INI)

Angelika NIEBLER, András GYÜRK, Edina TÓTH, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria SPYRAKI, Riho TERRAS, Tom BERENDSEN, Markus PIEPER, Eva MAYDELL, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Jerzy BUZEK, Christian DOLESCHAL, Pascal ARIMONT, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Sven SCHULZE, Gheorghe FALCĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Stresses the importance of research, development and innovation along the whole value chain ~~and~~, of demonstration projects on an industrial scale and of pilot projects on a smaller scale in order to make crenewable and low-carbon hydrogen competitive; ~~believes that involving SMEs and equipping workers with adequate knowledge about hydrogen are of the utmost importance;~~ highlights, in this regard, the need for research and development in carbon capture and storage technologies (CCS); stresses that, in order to have a proper integration of hydrogen in European society, human resources with a set of specialised skills are needed, especially when it comes to safety; to this end, believes that involving SMEs and equipping workers with adequate knowledge about hydrogen are of the utmost importance; calls on the Commission to adopt an action plan aimed at guiding Member States to develop dedicated training programmes towards workers, engineers, technicians but also to the general public and to create multi-disciplinary teaching programmes for economists, scientists and students;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2242(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Stresses the need to ensure access to finance and innovation assets, such as incubators and joint research projects, for start-ups and SMEs to take root in the hydrogen industry; calls on the Commission to ensure equal market access as well as the facilitation of market entries for such undertakings promoting their participation, e.g. by proactively appointing them for roundtables and feedback in public consultation processes;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2242(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14b. Emphasises that Europe is leading in the manufacturing of electrolysers and needs to maintain and advance this competitive edge; stresses that European RDI efforts in hydrogen should focus on a wide range of hydrogen technologies focusing on raising technology readiness levels;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2242(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines that significant amounts of investment are needed to make ~~clea~~renewable and low-carbon hydrogen competitive, and that European programmes and financing instruments such as Horizon Europe, the Connecting Europe Facility, InvestEU and the ETS Innovation Fund have a key role in fostering a crenewable and low-carbon hydrogen economy; stresses the need to ensure access to finance and innovation assets for SMEs; deeply deplores the Council’s cuts affecting these instruments; calls on the Commission to develop a coordinated investment strategy for ~~clean hydroge~~renewable and low-carbon hydrogen as well as carbon capture utilisation and storage technologies; calls on the Commission to include low-carbon hydrogen in the EU Taxonomy Regulation;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2242(INI)

Angelika NIEBLER, András GYÜRK, Edina TÓTH, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria SPYRAKI, Riho TERRAS, Tom BERENDSEN, Eva MAYDELL, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Hildegard BENTELE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Jerzy BUZEK, Christian DOLESCHAL, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Sven SCHULZE, Gheorghe FALCĂ

2020/2241(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Tom BERENDSEN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Christian EHLER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Antonio TAJANI, Pernille WEISS, Salvatore DE MEO, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, András GYÜRK, Edina TÓTH, Maria SPYRAKI, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pascal ARIMONT, Sven SCHULZE, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Notes the high energy consumption in the water sector needs; calls on the Commission to consider energy-efficient measures for the EU water sector and the possibility to use treated waste water as an “on-site” source of renewable energy in the Energy System Integration;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Deplor~~Acknowledges the insufficient progress made by Member States, as set out in the Energy Efficiency Progress Report; encourages the Commission to ~~propose more ambitious target~~explore the impacts of revised targets on businesses, notably SMEs, taking into account its recommendations as part of the Energy Union governance process; welcomes, in this regard, the renovation wave strategy; emphasizes that the renovation of the existing building stock does not fully compensate for the need to produce more low carbon energy;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to extend the principle of energy efficiency to the entire value chain and to all end-uses; underlines the potential of circularity and reuse of ~~waste~~organic waste from cities and agricultural sector, energy and waste heat from industrial processes, buildings and data centres; ~~draws attention to~~calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop effective incentives and business models for the uncoupling and use of industrial waste heat; draws attention to the replacement of old and inefficient heating systems and the modernisation of heat networks, which can play a significant role in heat decarbonisation; stresses the potential of digital tools for smart energy management;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Believes that a common legal classification of the different types of renewable, decarbonised and low-carbon gases, including hydrogen, based on the full life cycle GHG emissions savings and sustainability criteria, is of utmost importance for market players, authorities and consumers; calls on the Commission to develop a comprehensive classification and certification framework of gaseous carriers;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Tom BERENDSEN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Christian EHLER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Antonio TAJANI, Pernille WEISS, Salvatore DE MEO, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, András GYÜRK, Edina TÓTH, Jerzy BUZEK, Maria SPYRAKI, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Sven SCHULZE, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission to use the revision of Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 on trans-European energy infrastructure as an opportunity to include energy system integration in the Regulation’s objectives and the 10-year network development planning; calls for greater efforts to remove obstacles hindering the full integration of energy systems, which would otherwise encourage citizens and industry to fully embrace cleaner energy alternatives because there will be no Green Deal without a better integration of the energy system; Emphasises that it is necessary to achieve a cost-effective decarbonisation of the EU economies which will build a more flexible, more decentralised and digital energy system, in which consumers are empowered to make their energy choices;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for the mass deployment of renewable, low carbon and decarbonised energy at competitive costs; encourages the Commission to propose more ambitious ~~target~~measures in order to increase the share of such energy in electricity generation, ~~heavy~~ industry, transport, ~~construction,~~ heating and cooling;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

Massimiliano SALINI, Tom BERENDSEN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Christian EHLER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Antonio TAJANI, Pernille WEISS, Salvatore DE MEO, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, András GYÜRK, Edina TÓTH, Maria SPYRAKI, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Sven SCHULZE, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Highlights the need to reduce regulatory barriers, improve access to capital and further support all forms of energy storage projects ~~along~~that can offer services along with transmission and distribution networks and at consumption sites; recalls the importance to ensure full interoperability of different transport and storage systems, including those with cross-border relevance and connected to third countries; urges the Commission to revise the Energy Taxation Directive to reduce the costs of taxes and levies on energy transformation and energy storage,while avoiding undue market distortions at the expense of other energy sources;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission and the Members States to explore ways of further encouraging, through effective incentives, the development of a European market for demand-side flexibility, potentials for energy storage and balancing electricity grid; welcomes flexible integrated energy systems that aim to optimize the district heating/cooling sector contributing to the balancing of the electricity grid, cost- effective use of renewable energy sources and waste heat integration at local/regional level;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

Massimiliano SALINI, Tom BERENDSEN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Christian EHLER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Stresses the importance of increasing the competitiveness of European technologies to ensure the autonomy of the Union in the strategic energy sector; calls on the Commission to support research and innovation through the various structural and sectoral funds following a technology neutral approach; recalls the Union’s global leadership in satellite emission measurement technologies; stresses that technologies where Europe has global leadership and domestic based value chains should be looked at specifically;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Welcomes the development of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) when it may be necessary to achieve climate neutrality, and to provide negative emissions by CCS on biomass combustion, and to reduce emissions where other reasonable alternatives through CCS at fossil fuel emissions, particularly in certain industrial processes; in this regard, welcomes the Commission proposal to convene an annual European CCUS Forum as part of the Clean Energy Industrial Forum to further study options to foster such projects;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25 b. Considers that the EU should promote regulatory solutions in the heating sector and energy efficiency legislation which respect the variation between Member States' conditions and most appropriate solutions which are particularly large in these sectors;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Tom BERENDSEN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Christian EHLER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Antonio TAJANI, Pernille WEISS, Jerzy BUZEK, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Sven SCHULZE, Tomas TOBÉ, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)

25 c. Believes that both increased energy system integration and consumers have the opportunity to play an active role which requires a well-functioning energy market with accurate price signals that reflects the cost-effectiveness of different technical systems and greenhouse gas emissions; considers that current regulations enable uncompetitive prices for nuclear power in some Member States that do not sufficiently lead to a cost- effective decarbonised transition;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Edina TÓTH, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Tom BERENDSEN

1d. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan, which, as an integral part of the European Green Deal, aims to support substantial greenhouse gas emissions reductions by 2030, contributes to achieving climate neutrality in 2050 and decoupling economic growth from resource use; stresses that the intention to review Directive 2009/125/EC and broadening its scope should not lead to any watering down of the results achieved in the field of energy efficiency and asks the Commission to explore the introduction of reusability targets;

2020/10/27
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)

18e. Highlights that in addition to guaranteeing investment in digitalisation other measures such as the correct implementation of the European Electronic Communications Code and the review of the Cost reduction directive will be instrumental for the EU to fully seize the growth potential of the Digital transformation; stresses that the potential of IoT to help European industry recover from the crisis is great and that the Commission must ensure there are no barriers to the free-movement of IoT devices across the EU;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

Tom BERENDSEN

21. Is of the opinion that ecosystems will be key components of the next industrial revolution, providing affordable and cleaner energy, transformative manufacturing and service-provision methods; emphasises that industrial policy needs to be created through an inclusive, transparent and evidence-based approach, stresses that ecosystems should include all links to the value chains, including SMEs; believes, moreover, that supporting collaboration among industry, academia, SMEs, start-ups, trade unions, creators, civil society, end-user organisations and all other stakeholders will be key to solving market and coordination failures and supporting efforts to cross the ‘valley of death’, including in areas not yet covered by industrial interests;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN

A. whereas in the field of transport, more than EUR 700 billion in investment is needed for the Trans-European Transport Network alone between now and 2030 and additional investments are required for the deployment of innovative strategies and ITS solutions, charging infrastructure and alternative fuels;

2020/06/16
Committee: TRAN

2020/2058(INI)

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Acknowledges the actions taken in the transport sector to reduce specific emissions and stresses the need to strengthen support for research on and innovation in zero-emissions mobility solutions across all modes of transport;

2020/06/16
Committee: TRAN

2020/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Paris Agreement, the Green Deal and the goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2050; notes the ~~lack of international climate efforts~~significant divergence of climate efforts between different countries; underlines that EU climate policy must go hand in hand with increased economic growth and competitiveness for the European industry based on the principles of free and fair competition; believes that an EU carbon border adjustment mechanism (‘the mechanism’) cshould serve to incentivise international efforts to combat climate change, therefore asks the Commission to consider all available options while drawing up proposal for any such mechanism;

2020/10/05
Committee: ITRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission to intensify its efforts for global CO2 pricing and facilitating trade in climate and environmental protection technologies for instance through trade policy initiatives such as the WTO Environmental Goods Agreement; stresses that the Union can play a pioneering role with ambitious energy and sustainability chapters in its trade agreements.

2020/10/05
Committee: ITRE

2020/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Calls on the Commission to also consider alternative measures and to thoroughly demonstrate the added value of a carbon border adjustment mechanism; considers that a digital product passport, well designed and synchronised with existing systems, business standardisation bodies and global standards could help in this process; in the post-COVID-19 economy, carbon prices may prove to be too unstable to support effective industrial decarbonisation; therefore, there is a need for product policies to push forward new standards on low-carbon, resource- efficient products to secure the transition to a sustainable economy.

2020/10/05
Committee: ITRE

2020/2039(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas ‘sending’ regions and ‘receiving’ regions will need to work together to address the challenges faced and arrive at sustainable solutions;

2021/02/09
Committee: REGI

2020/2039(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take into account, when shaping the energy transition, the opportunities that this brings for rural and post-industrial areas by creating sufficient scope for and offering sufficient support to local, cooperative initiatives, while also drawing explicitly on successful experiences gained in the area of cohesion policy;

2021/02/09
Committee: REGI

2020/2039(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Calls on policymakers at all levels to shape their policies in such a way that initiatives and developments stemming from local communities not only have a place within those policies, but can also form the basis for them;

2021/02/09
Committee: REGI

2020/2039(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Considers that municipalities should promote ‘open innovation’ initiatives, making use of the knowledge to accelerate the innovation process and to develop a collaborative approach with relevant partners and stakeholders with a view to creating regional innovation ecosystems;

2021/02/09
Committee: REGI

2020/2023(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN, Jörgen WARBORN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 16

16. Stresses that the envisaged partnership should ensure access for the international maritime transport sector, including ports and the shipping industry, with an appropriate level playing field.

2020/04/07
Committee: TRAN

2020/2023(INI)

Tom BERENDSEN, Jörgen WARBORN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Stresses that the envisaged partnership should ensure proper border- and customs systems are in place in order to prevent disruption and delays in ports when carrying out cargo inspections and customs clearance checks.

2020/04/07
Committee: TRAN

2020/2013(INI)

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Tom BERENDSEN, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission’s White Paper on AI and supports the EU ambition to be one of the global AI leaders while strengthening cooperation with like- minded actors; notes that addressing AI in defence at the European level is indispensable for the development of European capabilities;

2020/06/05
Committee: TRAN

2020/2013(INI)

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Tom BERENDSEN, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines that the EU should act as a global AI norm-setter in the areas of civil and military use and of state authority, with an effective strategy aimed at strengthening its influence on shaping global standards; calls on the Commission and the Member States to advocate for broader cooperation within the UN, OECD, G7, G20 and other international fora in order to promote the EU approach to AI, emphasising the fundamental rights, freedoms and values that are enshrined in the EU Treaties, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and international human rights law; notes that autonomous weapon systems, as a particular category of AI in military domain, should be discussed and agreed internationally, specifically in the UN CCW forum;

2020/06/05
Committee: TRAN

2020/2013(INI)

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Tom BERENDSEN, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Takes note of the significant economic potential of AI applications; underlines that many investments into new technologies in the field of transport and mobility are market-driven, but dual- use commercial off-the-shelf technologies and products are often used in an innovative way for military purposes; highlights the importance of maintaining European competitiveness in this respect;

2020/06/05
Committee: TRAN

2020/2013(INI)

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Tom BERENDSEN, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that AI has changed and has helped the development of the transport sector through increasing automation and greater integration and connectivity of transport networks; underlines that automation and the integration of AI vary between transport modes; recognises the numerous possibilities of AI in the field of military logistics and mobility; takes note of the development of semiautonomous and autonomous vehicles, including aircraft, drones, ground vehicles, and naval vessels;

2020/06/05
Committee: TRAN

2020/2013(INI)

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Tom BERENDSEN, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Emphasises the need for further European investments, research, and leadership in technologies with both high economic growth impact as well as significant dual-use potential; notes that considering the global competitive situation, this will require enablers and supporting infrastructure, including energy to hardware, software, network resources and services as well as ensuring the high quality and quantity of data; highlights the need for innovative cross- sectoral uses of data and cooperation between different ecosystem players in order to strengthen Europe’s industrial base on AI;

2020/06/05
Committee: TRAN

2020/2013(INI)

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Tom BERENDSEN, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Highlights that the dual use potential in AI-enabled solutions needs to be taken into account when drafting standards for usage of AI in various areas of commercial and military sectors; calls for high ethical standards and policy to be included in developing defence technologies, products and operating principles; underlines the need for sufficient transparency and predictability, reliability of technology, high quality deployment and proper training of personnel using AI based systems;

2020/06/05
Committee: TRAN

2020/2013(INI)

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Tom BERENDSEN, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Underlines that the European Defence Fund and Permanent Structured Cooperation should stimulate cooperation between Member States and European defence industries to develop new European defence capabilities in the field of AI and ensure security of supply, taking ethical considerations into account; emphasises the need to avoid fragmentation by building bridges between various actors and application domains by promoting compatibility and interoperability in all levels and by focusing on common architectural level work and platform solutions; recalls, moreover, that the next Connecting Europe Facility, which also encourages smart infrastructure, will provide for a fund for the development of civilian/military dual- use transport infrastructure with a view to improving military mobility within the Union.

2020/06/05
Committee: TRAN

2020/2012(INL)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Sven SCHULZE, Andor DELI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Jens GIESEKE, Massimiliano SALINI, Jörgen WARBORN

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas a European approach to AI ~~needs to include ethical aspects of AI to ensure that it is~~, robotics and related technologies needs to be in accordance with ethical principles reflecting our European values and principles to ensure that AI, robotics and related technologies are human- centric, enhances human well-being, the well-being of society and the environment, and fully respects EU fundamental rights and values;

2020/05/19
Committee: TRAN

2020/2012(INL)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Sven SCHULZE, Andor DELI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Massimiliano SALINI, Jens GIESEKE, Jörgen WARBORN

Draft opinion
Recital D

D. whereas the EU aimed to reduce annual road fatalities in the EU by 50% by 2020 compared to 2010, but, in view of stagnating progress, renewed its efforts in its Road Safety Policy Framework 2021 - 2030 - Next steps towards "Vision Zero"; whereas in this regard, AI, automation and other new technologies have a great potential to increase road safety by ~~avoiding~~potentially reducing the possibilities for human error;

2020/05/19
Committee: TRAN

2020/2012(INL)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Sven SCHULZE, Andor DELI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Massimiliano SALINI, Jens GIESEKE

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas the production of ethically responsible, human-centred and technologically robust AI, robotics and related technologies in transport present European businesses, including SMEs, a business opportunity to become global leaders in this area; whereas such opportunity is particularly present, considering the current global leaders in this area produce technologies that are deemed insufficiently trustworthy and not adequately respecting ethical principles.

2020/05/19
Committee: TRAN

2020/2012(INL)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Sven SCHULZE, Andor DELI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Massimiliano SALINI, Jens GIESEKE, Jörgen WARBORN

Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)

D b. whereas such new business opportunities may contribute to the recovery of the European industry after the current health and economic crisis; whereas such opportunities will create new jobs as the uptake of AI and related technologies has the potential to increase businesses' productivity levels and contribute to efficiency gains; whereas innovation programs in this area can enable regional clusters to thrive.

2020/05/19
Committee: TRAN

2020/2012(INL)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Sven SCHULZE, Andor DELI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Massimiliano SALINI, Jens GIESEKE, Jörgen WARBORN

Draft opinion
Recital D c (new)

D c. whereas such European approach to the development of AI, robotics and related technologies in transport has the potential to increase the global competitiveness and strategic autonomy of the European economy.

2020/05/19
Committee: TRAN

2020/2012(INL)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Sven SCHULZE, Andor DELI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Massimiliano SALINI, Jens GIESEKE, Jörgen WARBORN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Highlights the potential of AI, robotics and related technologies for all autonomous means of road, rail, waterborne and air transport;

2020/05/19
Committee: TRAN

2020/2012(INL)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Sven SCHULZE, Andor DELI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Massimiliano SALINI, Jens GIESEKE, Jörgen WARBORN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Moreover, highlights the potential of AI, robotics and related technologies to boost the modal shift and intermodality, as these technologies can contribute to finding the optimal combination of transport modes for the transport of goods and passengers

2020/05/19
Committee: TRAN

2020/2012(INL)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Sven SCHULZE, Andor DELI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Massimiliano SALINI, Jens GIESEKE, Jörgen WARBORN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Furthermore, stresses that AI, robotics and related technologies have the potential to make transport, logistics and traffic flows more efficient and to make all transport modes safer, smarter, and more environmentally friendly.

2020/05/19
Committee: TRAN

2020/2012(INL)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Sven SCHULZE, Andor DELI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Massimiliano SALINI, Jens GIESEKE, Jörgen WARBORN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. Stresses that the EU transport sector needs a clear ethical framework for achieving trustworthy AI, including safety, human autonomy and oversight, and liability aspects, which will be key to boosting investments in research and innovation, development of skills and the uptake of AI by SMEs, start-ups and businesses; and in this regard:

2020/05/19
Committee: TRAN

2020/2012(INL)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Sven SCHULZE, Andor DELI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point a

a) calls on the Commission to provide for a liability mechanism, based on a risk- assessment approach, as the impact on the development and uptake of AI of choosing who should be strictly liable for AI- enabled operations of a vehicle needs to be addressed carefully; stresses in this regard that liability should always lie with natural or legal persons;deleted

2020/05/19
Committee: TRAN

2020/2012(INL)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Sven SCHULZE, Andor DELI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Jens GIESEKE, Jörgen WARBORN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point a a (new)

a a) calls on the Commission to provide for a clear framework of ethical principles for the development, deployment and use of AI, robotics and related technologies in the transport sector; any AI, robotics and related technologies in the transport sector shall be developed, deployed and used in accordance with those ethical principles.

2020/05/19
Committee: TRAN

2020/2012(INL)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Sven SCHULZE, Andor DELI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Massimiliano SALINI, Jens GIESEKE, Jörgen WARBORN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point b

b) recommends the establishment of guidelines for a harmonised risk classification of AI-enabled technologies in all modes of transport, covering vehicle functions allocated to humans and to AI, and clarifying responsibilities and requirements as regards safety;

2020/05/19
Committee: TRAN

2020/2012(INL)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Sven SCHULZE, Andor DELI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Jörgen WARBORN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point c

c) calls on the Commission to set up an AI insurance scheme for intelligent transport systems, in line with the High Level Expert Group risk classification, in order to respond better to the emerging needs of the transport sector;deleted

2020/05/19
Committee: TRAN

2020/2012(INL)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Sven SCHULZE, Andor DELI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Massimiliano SALINI, Jens GIESEKE, Jörgen WARBORN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Recommends the development of an EU-wide ~~trustworthy AI label for the automotive industry, which should provide for common and harmonised standards~~ethical standards for all modes of transport, including the automotive industry, on safety, technical robustness, privacy and transparency and for testing of AI-enabled vehicles and related products and services;

2020/05/19
Committee: TRAN

2020/2012(INL)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Sven SCHULZE, Andor DELI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Massimiliano SALINI, Jens GIESEKE, Jörgen WARBORN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to explore ~~the possibility of entrusting a relevant existing EU agency with enforcement and sanction mechanisms, so that actions can be take~~how the existing instruments of supervision and control in the transport sector can be equipped and used to take action if an AI system used in transport violates fundamental rights or the European ethical and security framework;

2020/05/19
Committee: TRAN

2020/2012(INL)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Sven SCHULZE, Andor DELI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Massimiliano SALINI, Jens GIESEKE, Jörgen WARBORN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to further support the development of trustworthy AI systems in order to render transport safer, more efficient, accessible, affordable and inclusive, including for persons with reduced mobility.

2020/05/19
Committee: TRAN

2020/0365(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2

(2) Despite existing measures at Union19 and national level aimed at supporting the protection of critical infrastructures in the Union, the entities operating those infrastructures are not adequately equipped to address current and anticipated future risks to their operations that may result in disruptions of the provision of services that are essential for the performance of vital societal functions or economic activities. This is due to a dynamic threat landscape with an evolving terrorist threat, criminal infiltration, foreign interference, and growing interdependencies between infrastructures and sectors, as well as an increased physical risk due to natural disasters and climate change, which increases the frequency and scale of extreme weather events and brings long-term changes in average climate that can reduce the capacity and efficiency of certain infrastructure types if resilience or climate adaptation measures are not in place. Moreover, relevant sectors and types of entities are not recognised consistently as critical in all Member States. _________________ 19European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection (EPCIP).

2021/05/28
Committee: TRAN

2020/0365(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)

(2 a) The growing problem of criminal infiltration in critical transport infrastructure, in particular logistic nodes such as ports and airports, is undermining the operations of critical entities in this sector and therefore the effective provision of essential services throughout the European Union;

2021/05/28
Committee: TRAN

2020/0365(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 b (new)

(2 b) Increasing threats to the EU's critical infrastructure and economic safety arise from foreign interference, by both state and non-state actors, due to a growing influence in or control of non- European entities over critical transport infrastructure, such as ports or airports, as a result of their acquisitions of or substantial investments in strategic companies and the transfer of strategic knowledge;

2021/05/28
Committee: TRAN

2020/0365(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 c (new)

(2 c) The transport sector encompasses critical entities in the subsectors of road, rail, air, inland waterways, and maritime transport, including ports and terminals;

2021/05/28
Committee: TRAN

2020/0365(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR, Henna VIRKKUNEN

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 d (new)

(2 d) Certain critical infrastructures have a pan-European dimension, such as the European aviation organisation Eurocontrol and the European global satellite positioning system Galileo;

2021/05/28
Committee: TRAN

2020/0365(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)

(3 a) The COVID-19 pandemic has once more shown the transport sector's strategic importance to European society and economy in enabling the critical mobility of goods and people, underlining the need to ensure the resilience of critical transport infrastructure across the European Union;

2021/05/28
Committee: TRAN

2020/0365(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR, Gheorghe FALCĂ

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6

(6) In order to achieve that objective, Member States should identify critical entities that should be subject to specific requirements and oversight, but also particular support and guidance, including to SMEs, and awareness raising aimed at achieving a high level of resilience in the face of all relevant risks.

2021/05/28
Committee: TRAN

2020/0365(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)

(8 a) The swift technological development in and digitalisation of the transport sector, via the growing use of smart mobility systems such as cooperative intelligent transport systems, connected and automated mobility, and mobility as a service, underline the interconnectedness between the physical and digital world in this sector and calls for an effective approach to allow for resilient digital transport infrastructure in Europe;

2021/05/28
Committee: TRAN

2020/0365(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11

(11) The actions of Member States to identify and help ensure the resilience of critical entities should follow a risk-based approach that targets efforts to the entities most relevant for the performance of vital societal functions or economic activities. In order to ensure such a targeted approach, each Member State should carry out, within a harmonised framework, an assessment of all relevant natural and man- made risks that may affect the provision of essential services, including accidents, natural disasters, public health emergencies such as pandemics, criminal infiltration, and antagonistic threats, including foreign interference and terrorist offences. When carrying out those risk assessments, Member States should take into account other general or sector-specific risk assessment carried out pursuant to other acts of Union law and should consider the dependencies between sectors, including from other Member States and third countries. The outcomes of the risk assessment should be used in the process of identification of critical entities and to assist those entities in meeting the resilience requirements of this Directive.

2021/05/28
Committee: TRAN

2020/0365(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14

(14) Entities pertaining to the digital infrastructure sector are in essence based on network and information systems and fall within the scope of the NIS 2 Directive, which addresses the physical security of such systems as part of their cybersecurity risk management and reporting obligations. Since those matters are covered by the NIS 2 Directive, the obligations of this Directive do not apply to such entities. However, considering the importance of the services provided by entities in the digital infrastructure sector for the provision of other essential services, such as critical transport services, Member States should identify, based on the criteria and using the procedure provided for in this Directive mutatis mutandis, entities pertaining to the digital infrastructure sector that should be treated as equivalent to critical entities for the purposes of Chapter II only, including the provision on Member States’ support in enhancing the resilence of these entities. Consequently, such entities should not be subject to the obligations laid down in Chapters III to VI. Since the obligations for critical entities laid down in Chapter II to provide certain information to the competent authorities relate to the application of Chapters III and IV, those entities should not be subject to those obligations either.

2021/05/28
Committee: TRAN

2020/0365(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19

(19) Member States should support critical entities in strengthening their resilience, in compliance with their obligations under this Directive, without prejudice to the entities’ own legal responsibility to ensure such compliance. Member States could in particular develop guidance materials and methodologies, raise awareness, support the organisation of exercises to test their resilience and provide training to personnel of critical entities. Moreover, given the interdependencies between entities and sectors, Member States should establish information sharing tools to support voluntary information sharing between critical entities, without prejudice to the application of competition rules laid down in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

2021/05/28
Committee: TRAN

2020/0365(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)

(19 a) In their implementation of this Directive, Member States should take all the necessary actions to prevent any excessive administrative burdens, particularly on SMEs, and avoid duplications or unnecessary obligations. Member States should assist and facilitate adequate support to SMEs when requested in taking the technical and organisational measures required under this Directive.

2021/05/28
Committee: TRAN

2020/0365(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24

(24) The risk of employees of critical entities misusing for instance their access rights within the entity’s organisation to harm and cause damage is of increasing concern, which is particularly the case for critical entities in the transport sector, such as logistic hubs like ports and airports, where there is a substantial and growing problem of criminal infiltration. That risk is exacerbated by the growing phenomenon of radicalisation leading to violent extremism and terrorism. It is therefore necessary to enable critical entities to request background checks on persons falling within specific categories of its personnel and to ensure that those requests are assessed expeditiously by the relevant authorities, in accordance with the applicable rules of Union and national law, including on the protection of personal data.

2021/05/28
Committee: TRAN

2020/0365(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25

(25) Critical entities should notify, as soon as reasonably possible under the given circumstances, Member States’ competent authorities, as well as to other entities on a voluntary basis, of incidents that significantly disrupt or have the potential to significantly disrupt their operations. The notification should allow the competent authorities to respond to the incidents rapidly and adequately and to have a comprehensive overview of the overall risks that critical entities face. For that purpose, a procedure should be established for the notification of certain incidents and parameters should be provided for to determine when the actual or potential disruption is significant and the incidents should thus be notified. Given the potential cross-border impacts of such disruptions, a procedure should be established for Member States to inform other affected Member States via single points of contacts.

2021/05/28
Committee: TRAN

2020/0365(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Proposal for a directive
Recital 30

(30) Member States should ensure that their competent authorities have certain specific powers for the proper application and enforcement of this Directive in relation to critical entities, where those entities fall under their jurisdiction as specified in this Directive. Those powers should include, notably, the power to conduct inspections, supervision and audits, raise awareness, require critical entities to provide information and evidence relating to the measures they have taken to comply with their obligations and, where necessary, issue orders to remedy identified infringements. When issuing such orders, Member States should not require measures which go beyond what is necessary and proportionate to ensure compliance of the critical entity concerned, taking account of in particular the seriousness of the infringement and the economic capacity of the critical entity. More generally, those powers should be accompanied by appropriate and effective safeguards to be specified in national law, in accordance with the requirements resulting from Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. When assessing the compliance of a critical entity with its obligations under this Directive, competent authorities designated under this Directive should be able to request the competent authorities designated under the NIS 2 Directive to assess the cybersecurity of those entities. Those competent authorities should cooperate and exchange information for that purpose.

2021/05/28
Committee: TRAN

2020/0365(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

The risk assessment shall account for all relevant natural and man-made risks, including accidents, natural disasters, public health emergencies, criminal infiltration, antagonistic threats, including foreign interference and terrorist offences pursuant to Directive (EU) 2017/541 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 . _________________ 34Directive (EU) 2017/541 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on combating terrorism and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA and amending Council Decision 2005/671/JHA (OJ L 88, 31.3.2017, p. 6).

2021/05/28
Committee: TRAN

2020/0365(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall support critical entities in enhancing their resilience. That support may include developing guidance materials and methodologies, raise awareness, supporting the organisation of exercises to test their resilience and providing training to personnel of critical entities.

2021/05/28
Committee: TRAN

2020/0365(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point f

(f) raise awareness about the incidents and disruptions that may occur, including criminal infiltration, as well as measures referred to in points (a) to (e) among relevant personnel.

2021/05/28
Committee: TRAN

2020/0365(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Barbara THALER, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Jörgen WARBORN, Markus FERBER, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2

The Commission shall periodically review the functioning of this Directive, and report to the European Parliament and to the Council. The report shall in particular assess the impact and added value of this Directive on ensuring the resilience of critical entities and whether the scope of the Directive should be extended to cover other sectors or subsectors. The first report shall be submitted by [~~six~~four years after the entry into force of this Directive] and shall assess in particular whether the scope of the Directive should be extended to include the food production, processing and distribution sector.

2021/05/28
Committee: TRAN

2020/0361(COD)

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Eva MAYDELL, Tomas TOBÉ, Adam JARUBAS, Jerzy BUZEK, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Pernille WEISS, Sara SKYTTEDAL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) In order to achieve the objective of ensuring a safe, predictable and trusted online environment, for the purpose of this Regulation the concept of “illegal content” should be defined broadly and also covers information relating to illegal content, products, services and activities. In particular, that concept should be understood to refer to information, irrespective of its form, that under the applicable law is either itself illegal, such as illegal hate speech or terrorist content and unlawful discriminatory content, or that relates to activities that are illegal, such as the sharing of images depicting child sexual abuse, unlawful non- consensual sharing of private images, online stalking, the sale of non-compliant or counterfeit products, the non-authorised use of copyright protected material or activities involving infringements of consumer protection law. In this regard, it is immaterial whether the illegality of the information or activity results from Union law or from national law that is consistent with Union law and what the precise nature or subject matter is of the law in question. The Commission and the Member States should provide guidance to on how to identify the illegal content.

2021/06/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0361(COD)

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tomas TOBÉ, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Pernille WEISS, Sara SKYTTEDAL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) The exemptions from liability established in this Regulation should not apply where, instead of confining itself to providing the services neutrally, by a merely technical and automatic processing of the information provided by the recipient of the service, the provider of intermediary services plays an active role of such a kind as to give it knowledge of, or control over, that information. Those exemptions should accordingly not be available in respect of liability relating to information provided not by the recipient of the service but by the provider of intermediary service itself, including where the information has been developed under the editorial responsibility of that provider. Those exemptions should accordingly not be available in respect of liability relating to information provided not by the recipient of the service but by the provider of intermediary service itself, including where the information has been developed under the editorial responsibility of that provider.

2021/06/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0361(COD)

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tomas TOBÉ, Adam JARUBAS, Jerzy BUZEK, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Massimiliano SALINI, Pernille WEISS, Sara SKYTTEDAL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) In order to benefit from the exemption from liability for hosting services, the provider should, upon obtaining actual knowledge or awareness of illegal content, act expeditiously to ~~remove or to disable access to that conten~~assess the grounds for and, when necessary, proceed to removing or disabling access to all copies of that content, and, in accordance with the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union, ensure that identical or equivalent illegal content does not reappear within the same context. The removal or disabling of access should be undertaken in the observance of the principle of freedom of expression. The provider can obtain such actual knowledge or awareness through, in particular, its own-initiative investigations or notices submitted to it by individuals or entities in accordance with this Regulation in so far as those notices are sufficiently precise and adequately substantiated to allow a diligent economic operator to reasonably identify, assess and where appropriate act against the allegedly illegal content.

2021/06/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0361(COD)

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tomas TOBÉ, Adam JARUBAS, Jerzy BUZEK, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Pernille WEISS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25

(25) In order to create legal certainty and not to discourage automated or non- automated activities aimed at detecting, identifying and acting against illegal content that providers of intermediary services may undertake on a voluntary basis, it should be clarified that the mere fact that providers undertake such activities does not lead to the unavailability of the exemptions from liability set out in this Regulation, provided those activities are carried out in good faith and in a diligent manner for the sole purpose of detecting, identifying and acting against illegal content. In addition, it is appropriate to clarify that the mere fact that those providers take measures, in good faith, to comply with the requirements of Union or national law, including those set out in this Regulation as regards the implementation of their terms and conditions, should not lead to the unavailability of those exemptions from liability set out in this Regulation. Therefore, any such activities and measures that a given provider may have taken should not be taken into account when determining whether the provider can rely on an exemption from liability, in particular as regards whether the provider provides its service neutrally and can therefore fall within the scope of the relevant provision, without this rule however implying that the provider can necessarily rely thereon.

2021/06/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0361(COD)

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Eva MAYDELL, Tomas TOBÉ, Adam JARUBAS, Jerzy BUZEK, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Pernille WEISS, Sara SKYTTEDAL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30

(30) Orders to act against illegal content or to provide information should be issued in compliance with Union law, in particular Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the prohibition of general obligations to monitor information or to actively seek facts or circumstances indicating illegal activity laid down in this Regulation. The orders to act against illegal content may require providers of intermediary services to take steps, in the specific case, to remove identical or equivalent illegal content, within the same context. The conditions and requirements laid down in this Regulation which apply to orders to act against illegal content are without prejudice to other Union acts providing for similar systems for acting against specific types of illegal content, such as Regulation (EU) …/…. [proposed Regulation addressing the dissemination of terrorist content online], or Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 that confers specific powers to order the provision of information on Member State consumer law enforcement authorities, whilst the conditions and requirements that apply to orders to provide information are without prejudice to other Union acts providing for similar relevant rules for specific sectors. Those conditions and requirements should be without prejudice to retention and preservation rules under applicable national law, in conformity with Union law and confidentiality requests by law enforcement authorities related to the non- disclosure of information.

2021/06/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0361(COD)

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tomas TOBÉ, Adam JARUBAS, Jerzy BUZEK, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Pernille WEISS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42 a (new)

(42 a) Hosting services providers should not be subject to the obligation to provide a statement of reasons when doing so would infringe on a legal right or cause unintended safety concerns for the recipient of the service. Specifically in cases of one-to-one interface platforms, such as dating applications and other similar services, providing the statement of reasons should be considered such as to likely cause unintended safety concerns for the reporting party. As a result of this, dating applications and other similar services should by default refrain from providing statements of reasons. Additionally, other providers of hosting services should make reasonable efforts to assess if providing a statement of reasons could cause unintended safety concerns to the reporting party, and in such cases, refrain from providing a statement of reasons.

2021/06/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0361(COD)

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tomas TOBÉ, Adam JARUBAS, Jerzy BUZEK, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Pernille WEISS, Sara SKYTTEDAL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43

(43) To avoid disproportionate burdens, the additional obligations imposed on online platforms under this Regulation should not apply to micro or, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as defined in Recommendation 2003/361/EC of the Commission,.41 ~~unless their reach and impact is such that they meet the criteria to qualify as very large online platforms under this Regulation.~~ The consolidation rules laid down in that Recommendation help ensure that any circumvention of those additional obligations is prevented. The exemption of micro~~- and small~~, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) enterprises from those additional obligations should not be understood as affecting their ability to set up, on a voluntary basis, a system that complies with one or more of those obligations. _________________ 41 Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium- sized enterprises (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36).

2021/06/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0361(COD)

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Eva MAYDELL, Tomas TOBÉ, Adam JARUBAS, Jerzy BUZEK, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Pernille WEISS, Sara SKYTTEDAL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43 a (new)

(43 a) To similarly avoid unnecessary regulatory burden, certain obligations should not apply to online platforms offering products and services from third- party traders, which are established in the European Union, where these traders' access is exclusive, curated and entirely controlled by the providers of the online platform and these traders’ products and services are reviewed and pre-approved by the providers of the online platform before they are offered on the platform. These online platforms are often referred to as closed online platforms. As the products and services offered are reviewed and pre-approved by the online platforms, the prevalence of illegal content and products on these platforms is low, and these platforms cannot benefit from relevant liability exemptions outlined in this Regulation. These online platforms should subsequently not be subjected to the obligations which are necessary for platforms with different operational models where the prevalence of illegal content is more frequent and the relevant liability exemptions are available.

2021/06/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0361(COD)

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tomas TOBÉ, Adam JARUBAS, Jerzy BUZEK, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Pernille WEISS, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Eva MAYDELL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46

(46) Action against illegal content can be taken more quickly and reliably where online platforms, having received guidance from public authorities on how to identify illegal content, take the necessary measures to ensure that notices submitted by trusted flaggers through the notice and action mechanisms required by this Regulation are treated with priority, without prejudice to the requirement to process and decide upon all notices submitted under those mechanisms in a timely, diligent and objective manner. Such trusted flagger status should only be awarded to entities, and not individuals, that have demonstrated, among other things, that they have particular expertise and competence in tackling illegal content, that they represent collective interests and that they work in a diligent and objective manner. Such entities can be public in nature, such as, for terrorist content, internet referral units of national law enforcement authorities or of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (‘Europol’) or they can be non-governmental organisations and semi- public bodies, such as the organisations part of the INHOPE network of hotlines for reporting child sexual abuse material and organisations committed to notifying illegal racist and xenophobic expressions online. For intellectual property rights, organisations of industry and of right- holders could be awarded trusted flagger status, where they have demonstrated that they meet the applicable conditions. The rules of this Regulation on trusted flaggers should not be understood to prevent online platforms from giving similar treatment to notices submitted by entities or individuals that have not been awarded trusted flagger status under this Regulation, from otherwise cooperating with other entities, in accordance with the applicable law, including this Regulation and Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council.43 _________________ 43Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and replacing and repealing Council Decisions 2009/371/JHA, 2009/934/JHA, 2009/935/JHA, 2009/936/JHA and 2009/968/JHA, OJ L 135, 24.5.2016, p. 53

2021/06/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0361(COD)

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Eva MAYDELL, Tomas TOBÉ, Adam JARUBAS, Jerzy BUZEK, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Pernille WEISS, Sara SKYTTEDAL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49

(49) In order to contribute to a safe, trustworthy and transparent online environment for consumers, as well as for other interested parties such as competing traders and holders of intellectual property rights, and to deter traders from selling products or services in violation of the applicable rules, online platforms allowing consumers to conclude distance contracts with traders on the platforms should ensure that such traders are traceable. The trader should therefore be required to provide certain essential information to the online platform, including for purposes of promoting messages on or offering products. That requirement should also be applicable to traders that promote messages on products or services on behalf of brands, based on underlying agreements. Those online platforms should store all information in a secure manner for a reasonable period of time that does not exceed what is necessary, so that it can be accessed, in accordance with the applicable law, including on the protection of personal data, by public authorities and private parties with a legitimate interest, including through the orders to provide information referred to in this Regulation.

2021/06/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0361(COD)

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Eva MAYDELL, Tomas TOBÉ, Adam JARUBAS, Jerzy BUZEK, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Pernille WEISS, Sara SKYTTEDAL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50

(50) To ensure an efficient and adequate application of that obligation, without imposing any disproportionate burdens, the online platforms covered should make reasonable efforts to verify the reliability of the information provided by the traders concerned, in particular by using freely available official online databases and online interfaces, such as national trade registers and the VAT Information Exchange System45 , or by requesting the traders concerned to provide trustworthy supporting documents, such as copies of identity documents, certified bank statements, company certificates and trade register certificates. They may also use other sources, available for use at a distance, which offer a similar degree of reliability for the purpose of complying with this obligation. However, the online platforms covered should not be required to engage in excessive or costly online fact-finding exercises or to carry out verifications on the spot, as this would be disproportionate. Nor should such online platforms, which have made the reasonable efforts required by this Regulation, be understood as guaranteeing the reliability of the information towards consumer or other interested parties or be liable for this information in case it proves to be inaccurate. Such online platforms should also design and organise their online interface in a way that enables traders to comply with their obligations under Union law, in particular the requirements set out in Articles 6 and 8 of Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council46 , Article 7 of Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council47 and Article 3 of Directive 98/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council48 . _________________ 45 https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/ vieshome.do?selectedLanguage=en 46Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights, amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 85/577/EEC and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 47Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to- consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’) 48Directive 98/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 on consumer protection in the indication of the prices of products offered to consumers

2021/06/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0361(COD)

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Eva MAYDELL, Adam JARUBAS, Jerzy BUZEK, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Pernille WEISS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54

(54) Very large online platforms may cause societal risks, different in scope and impact from those caused by smaller platforms. Once the number of recipients of a platform reaches a significant share of the Union population, the systemic risks the platform poses have a disproportionately negative impact in the Union. Such significant reach should be considered to exist where the number of recipients exceeds an operational threshold set at 45 million, that is, a number equivalent to 10% of the Union population. The operational threshold should be kept up to date through amendments enacted by delegated acts, where necessary. Such very large online platforms should therefore bear the highest standard of due diligence obligations, proportionate to their societal impact and means. In certain cases, online platforms whose number of recipients does not exceed the operational threshold set at 10% of the Union population should also be considered very large online platforms due to their role in facilitating public debate, economic transactions and the dissemination of information, opinions and ideas and in influencing how recipients obtain and communicate information online.

2021/06/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0361(COD)

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Eva MAYDELL, Tomas TOBÉ, Adam JARUBAS, Jerzy BUZEK, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Pernille WEISS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61

(61) The audit report should be substantiated, so as to give a meaningful account of the activities undertaken and the conclusions reached. It should help inform, and where appropriate suggest improvements to the measures taken by the very large online platform to comply with their obligations under this Regulation, without prejudice to its freedom to conduct a business and, in particular, its ability to design and implement effective measures that are aligned with its specific business model. The report should be transmitted to the Digital Services Coordinator of establishment and the Board without delay, together with the risk assessment and the mitigation measures, as well as the platform’s plans for addressing the audit’s recommendations. The report should include an audit opinion based on the conclusions drawn from the audit evidence obtained. A positive opinion should be given where all evidence shows that the very large online platform complies with the obligations laid down by this Regulation or, where applicable, any commitments it has undertaken pursuant to a code of conduct or crisis protocol, in particular by identifying, evaluating and mitigating the systemic risks posed by its system and services. A positive opinion should be accompanied by comments where the auditor wishes to include remarks that do not have a substantial effect on the outcome of the audit. A negative opinion should be given where the auditor considers that the very large online platform does not comply with this Regulation or the commitments undertaken. A disclaimer of an opinion should be given where the auditor does not have enough information to conclude on an opinion due to the novelty of the issues audited.

2021/06/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0361(COD)

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tomas TOBÉ, Adam JARUBAS, Jerzy BUZEK, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Pernille WEISS, Sara SKYTTEDAL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f – indent 3 a (new)

- Providers of not-for-profit scientific or educational repositories are not considered an intermediary service within the meaning of this Regulation.

2021/06/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0361(COD)

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tomas TOBÉ, Adam JARUBAS, Jerzy BUZEK, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Pernille WEISS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1

Providers of intermediary services shall not be deemed ineligible for the exemptions from liability referred to in Articles 3, 4 and 5 solely because they ~~carry out~~take the necessary voluntary own-initiative investigation measures for othe~~r activities aimed at~~ sole purpose of detecting, identifying and removing, or disabling of access to, illegal content~~, or take the necessary measures~~ to comply with the requirements of Union law, including those set out in this Regulation.

2021/06/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5

~~5. Online platforms shall ensure that the decisions, referred to in paragraph 4, are not solely taken on the basis of automated means.~~deleted

2021/06/24
Committee: ITRE

Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR, Markus FERBER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Tom BERENDSEN

(b) related equipment, including pipeline connections to the gas network.

2021/04/26
Committee: TRAN

2020/0360(COD)

Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR, Markus FERBER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)

(4 a) concerning gas: a) transmission pipelines for the transport of natural gas and biomethane that form part of a network which mainly contains high-pressure pipelines, excluding high- pressure pipelines used for upstream or local distribution of natural gas; b) underground storage facilities connected to the above-mentioned high- pressure gas pipelines; c) reception, storage and regasification or decompression facilities for liquefied natural gas (LNG) or compressed natural gas (CNG); d) any equipment or installation essential for the system to operate safely, securely and efficiently or to enable bi-directional capacity, including compressor stations; Any of the assets listed in points a), b), c), and d) shall avoid a gas lock-in risk and ensure its compatibility with pure hydrogen through cost-efficient conversion or repurposing;

2021/04/26
Committee: TRAN

2020/0360(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9

(9) ‘smart gas grid’ means a gas network that makes use of innovative ~~digital~~technology and engineering solutions to integrate in a cost efficient manner a plurality of low-carbon, decarbonised and renewable gas sources and their blends with methane in accordance with consumers’ needs ~~and~~, gas quality and system safety requirements in order to reduce the carbon footprint of the related gas consumption, enable an increased share of renewable, decarbonised and low-carbon gases, and create links with other energy carriers and sectors thereby providing strengthened security of supply and flexibility to the energy system;

2021/04/22
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)

(9 a) ‘grid operator’ means transmission systemoperator (TSO) as well as distribution system operator (DSO).

2021/04/22
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 b (new)

(9 b) 'Retrofitting' means the technical upgrade or modification of existing natural gas infrastructure to enable or increase blending of hydrogen or biomethane with methane.

2021/04/22
Committee: ITRE

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a

(a) ~~dedicated pipelines, other than upstream pipeline network, used to transport carbon dioxide from more than one source, i.e. industrial installations (including power plants)~~All infrastructure, equipment, and transport modalities, including dedicated pipelines used to transport carbon dioxide from sources that produce carbon dioxide gas from combustion or other chemical reactions involving fossil or non-fossil carbon-containing compounds, for the purpose of permanent geological storage of carbon dioxide pursuant to Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council61 or for the purpose of carbon dioxide capture and utilisation; _________________ 61 OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 114.

2021/04/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

(b) facilities for liquefaction and ~~buffer~~ storage of carbon dioxide in view of its further transportation. This ~~does not~~ includes infrastructure within a geological formation used for the permanent geological storage of carbon dioxide pursuant to Directive 2009/31/EC and associated surface and injection facilities;

2021/04/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tomas TOBÉ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pernille WEISS, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Jerzy BUZEK, Tom BERENDSEN, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Sara SKYTTEDAL

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)

(6) concerning small nuclear modules: (a) any equipment aiming at the development or construction of small modular reactors, which are defined as advanced reactors that produce electricity of up to 300MW(e) per module; installations and services essential for the European value chain to build up to a higher rate;

2021/04/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)

(5 a) concerning natural gas: all infrastructure, equipment, installation or services which were part of natural gas projects that were included in the fourth or fifth Union list established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No347/2013 and not yet finished.

2021/04/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Part 2 – point 4

(4) as of 1 January 2024, the proposed hydrogen projects of common interest falling under the categories set out in point (3) of Annex II are projects that are part of the latest available Union-wide ten-year network development plan for gas, developed by the ENTSO for Gas pursuant Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 715/2009. with the participation and close cooperation of hydrogen project promoters, and with due consideration to the Agency opinion referred to in Article 4(3)(b) of Regulation EU (2019/942).

2021/04/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Part 2 – point 5 – introductory part

(5) by 30 June 2022 and, subsequently, for every Union-wide ten-year network development plans, the Agency shall issue, in close cooperation with the ENTSO for Electricity and ENTSO for Gas ~~shall issue~~, updated guidelines for inclusion of projects in their respective Union-wide ten-year network development plans, referred to in points (3) and (4), in order to ensure equal treatment and transparency of the process. For all the projects included in the Union list of projects of common interest in force at the time, the guidelines shall define a simplified process of ~~inclu~~data provision infor the Union-wide ten-year network development plans by ~~automatic inclusion~~ taking into account the documentation and data already submitted during the previous Union-wide ten-year network development plan processes as long as the information therein remains valid.

2021/04/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Part 2 – point 6

(6) proposed carbon dioxide transport and storage projects falling under the category set out in point (5) of Annex II shall be presented as part of a plan, developed by at least two Member States, for the development of cross-border carbon dioxide transport and storage infrastructure, to be presented by the Member States concerned or entities designated by those Member States to the Commission.

2021/04/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Part 2 – point 11

(11) the Group shall meet to examine and rank the proposed projects, based on a transparent assessment, using the criteria set out in Article 4, while taking into account the assessment of the regulators, or the assessment of the Commission for projects not falling within the competency of national regulatory authorities.

2021/04/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1 – point c

(c) for smart electricity grids, the project is designed for equipment and installations at high-voltage and medium- voltage level. It involves transmission system operators, transmission and distribution system operators or distribution system operators from at least two Member States. Distribution system operators can be involved only with the support of the transmission system operators, of at least two Member States, that are closely associated to the project and ensure interoperability. A project ~~cover~~satisfies at least two of the following criteria: 50000 users, generators, consumers or prosumers of electricity, in an consumption area of at least 300 Gigawatthours/year, ~~of which at least 20 %~~the energy consumed originates from at least 20% variable renewable resources;

2021/04/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1 – point d

(d) for hydrogen transmission, the project enables the transmission of hydrogen across the borders of the Member States concerned, directly or indirectly, or increases existing cross-border hydrogen transport capacity at a border between two Member States by at least 10 % compared to the situation prior to the commissioning of the project, and the project sufficiently demonstrates that it is an essential part of a planned cross- border hydrogen network and provides sufficient proof of existing plans and cooperation with neighbouring countries and network operators;

2021/04/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1 – point e

(e) for hydrogen storage or hydrogen reception facilities referred to in point (3) of Annex II, the project aims at supplying directly or indirectly at least two Member States; or the project sufficiently demonstrates that it is an essential part of a priority corridor or thematic area;

2021/04/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1 – point f

(f) for electrolysers, the project provides at least 1060 MW installed capacity and the ~~brings benefits directly or indirectly to at least two Member State~~project sufficiently demonstrates that it is an essential part of a priority corridor or thematic area. For innovative midstream value chains, the project provides at least 30 MW installed capacity and demonstrates that it is an essential part of a priority corridor or thematic area. The project can reach these capacities through several phases and/or projects;

2021/04/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1 – point g

(g) for smart gas grids, a project ~~involves transmission system operators, transmission and distribution system operators or distribution system operators from at least two Member States~~sufficiently demonstrates that it is an essential part of a priority corridor or thematic area. Distribution system operators can be involved only with the support of the transmission system operators, of at least two Member States, that are closely associated to the project and ensure interoperability.

2021/04/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1 – point g a (new)

(g a) For projects of common interest in the category set out in point (5) of Annex II, the project can be used to transport or store anthropogenic carbon dioxide by at least two Member States.

2021/04/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 2 – point a

(a) for projects of mutual interest in the category set out in point (1)(a) and (e) of Annex II, the project increases the grid transfer capacity, or the capacity available for commercial flows, at the border of that Member State with one or more third countries and brings significant benefits, under the specific criteria listed in in Article 4(3), to at least ~~two~~one Member States. The calculation of the benefits for the Member States shall be performed and published by the ENTSO for Electricity in the frame of Union-wide ten-year network development plan;

2021/04/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 2 – point b

(b) for projects of mutual interest in the category set out in point (3) of Annex II, the hydrogen project enables the transmission of hydrogen across at the border of a Member State with one or more third countries and proves bringing significant benefits, under the specific criteria listed in in Article 4(3), to at least ~~two~~one Member States. The calculation of the benefits for the Member States shall be performed and published by the ENTSO for Gas in the frame of Union-wide ten- year network development plan;

2021/04/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 2 – point c

(c) for projects of mutual interest in the category set out in point (5) of Annex II, the project can be used to transport and store anthropogenic carbon dioxide by at least ~~two~~one Member States and a third country.

2021/04/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 5 – point a

(a) Sustainability measured as the contribution of a project to: direct or indirect greenhouse gas emission reductions in different ~~end-use~~hard to abate sector applications, such as industry, heating, cooling or transport; flexibility and seasonal storage options for renewable electricity generation; or the integration of renewable hydrogen into harder to abate sectors.

2021/04/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 5 – point b

(b) market integration and interoperability measured by ~~calculating the additional value of the project to the integration of market areas and price convergence, to the overall flexibility~~significantly increasing existing cross-border hydrogen transport capacity at a border between two Member States compared to the situation prior to the commissioning of the ~~system~~project.

2021/04/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 6 – point b

(b) quality and security of supply measured by assessing the ratio of reliably available gas supply and peak demand, the share of imports replaced by local renewable and low-carbon gases, the stability of system operation, including through the assessment of avoided curtailment of renewable electricity generation, and the duration and frequency of interruptions per customer.

2021/04/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 7 – point a

(a) sustainability measured by assessing the share of renewable hydrogen or hydrogen meeting the criteria defined in point (4) (a) (ii) of Annex II or synthetic methane integrated into the network, and the related greenhouse gas emission savings;

2021/04/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 7 – point c

(c) the facilitation of smart energy sector integration measured by assessing the cost ~~savings~~and greenhouse gas savings and the efficient use of energy enabled in connected energy sectors and systems, such as the gas, hydrogen, power and heat networks, the transport and industry sectors, and the volume of demand response enabled.

2021/04/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 4

(4) it shall give guidance for the development and use of network and market modelling necessary for the cost- benefit analysis. The modelling shall allow for a full assessment of economic, including market integration, security of supply, improving capacity to integrate renewable production, optimising investment and competition, social and environmental and climate impacts, including the cross-sectorial impacts. The methodology shall be fully transparent and include details on why, what and how each of the benefits and costs are calculated.

2021/04/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tom BERENDSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V a (new)

The development for the joint scenarios by ENTSO for Electricity and ENTSO for Gas shall satisfy the following principles: (1) the TYNDP scenarios for energy demand and supply are developed for the purpose of a robust testing of electricity and gas infrastructure (including hydrogen infrastructure).It shall ensure that the scenarios reflect both the EU climate and energy targets, including energy efficiency,2030 targets and 2050 targets, and the national energy and climate plans of the Member States; (2) it shall take into account the potential, pace and scale of new renewable and low carbon technologies and whenever possible to quantify the future use.Sources and data shall be updated and made publicly available with each exercise; (3) it shall be based on data sources which guarantee the highest level of objectivity, hence favouring the use of sources stemming from independent bodies and organisations including but not limited to the European Commission and International Energy Agency; (4) it shall be supported by a stakeholder group representing all interested parties (Commission, regulators, infrastructure operators incl. DSOs, industry, business associations and NGOs)which shall formulate opinions to be duly taken into account by the ENTSO for Electricity and ENTSO for Gas unless they can justify a rejection; (5) all steps taken during the development of the joint scenarios shall be made fully transparent:elaboration of the storylines, methodology for the consideration of all energy sectors and their interlinkages, methodology for defining the supply and demand assumptions; (6) ENTSO for Electricity and ENTSO for Gas shall set up a transparent process for stakeholder consultations, for dealing with conflicting opinions and data, and publish their analysis of the feedback received during the various public consultations; (7) at all decisive junctures in the development of the joint scenarios a consistency and robustness check shall be carried out to ensure the full alignment of the scenarios with relevant factors and parameters, including energy efficiency targets, renewable energy targets, and the relevant European energy and climate targets; (8) scenario storylines shall consider contrasted futures in terms of infrastructure utilisation and needs.The scenarios shall consider the entire European energy system and not be limited to electricity and gas carriers, and they shall reflect different futures including contrast between self- sufficiency and import dependence, and also considering national energy policies and strategies; (9) ENTSO for Electricity and ENTSO for Gas shall publish on their websites all data and underlying assumptions used as input or resulting from the scenarios.

2021/04/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Eva MAYDELL, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) There are techniques enabling privacy-friendly analyses on databases that contain personal data, such as anonymisation, pseudonymisation, differential privacy, generalisation, oruse of synthetic data, suppression ~~and~~, randomisation or other state-of-the-art privacy preserving methods. Application of these privacy-enhancing technologies, together with comprehensive data protection approaches should ensure the safe re-use of personal data and commercially confidential business data for research, innovation and statistical purposes. In many cases this implies that the data use and re-use in this context can only be done in a secure processing environment set in place and supervised by the public sector. There is experience at Union level with such secure processing environments that are used for research on statistical microdata on the basis of Commission Regulation (EU) 557/2013 (39 ). In general, insofar as personal data are concerned, the processing of personal data should rely upon one or more of the grounds for processing provided in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679. _________________ 39Commission Regulation (EU) 557/2013 of 17 June 2013 implementing Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Statistics as regards access to confidential data for scientific purposes and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 831/2002 (OJ L 164, 18.6.2013, p. 16).

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Othmar KARAS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) Conditions for re-use of protected data that apply to public sector bodies competent under national law to allow re- use, and which should be without prejudice to rights or obligations concerning access to such data, should be laid down. Those conditions should be non-discriminatory, proportionate and objectively justified, while not restricting competition. In particular, public sector bodies allowing re- use should have in place the technical means necessary to ensure the protection of rights and interests of third parties and be empowered to request the necessary information from the re-user. Conditions attached to the re-use of data should be limited to what is necessary to preserve the rights and interests of others in the data and the integrity of the information technology and communication systems of the public sector bodies. Public sector bodies should apply conditions which best serve the interests of the re-user without leading to a disproportionate effort for the public sector. Depending on the case at hand, before its transmission, personal data should be fully anonymised, so as to definitively not allow the identification of the data subjects, or data containing commercially confidential information modified in such a way that no confidential information is disclosed. Where provision of anonymised or modified data would not respond to the needs of the re-user, on- premise or remote re-use of the data within a secure processing environment could be permitted. Data analyses in such secure processing environments should be supervised by the public sector body, so as to protect the rights and interests of others. In particular, personal data should only be transmitted for re-use to a third party where a legal basis allows such transmission. The public sector body could make the use of such secure processing environment conditional on the signature by the re-user of a confidentiality agreement that prohibits the disclosure of any information that jeopardises the rights and interests of third parties that the re-user may have acquired despite the safeguards put in place. The public sector bodies, where relevant, should facilitate the re-use of data on the basis of consent of data subjects or permissions of legal persons on the re-use of data pertaining to them through adequate technical means. In this respect, the public sector body should support potential re-users in seeking such consent by establishing technical mechanisms that permit transmitting requests for consent from re-users, where practically feasible. No contact information should be given that allows re-users to contact data subjects or companies directly.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Georgios KYRTSOS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Othmar KARAS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) Furthermore, i~~t is~~n order to preserve fair competition and an open market economy it is of utmost importantce to protect commercially sensitive data of non- personal nature, notably trade secrets, but also non-personal data representing content protected by intellectual property rights from unlawful access that may lead to IP theft or industrial espionage. In order to ensure the protection of fundamental rights or interests of data holders, non-personal data which is to be protected from unlawful or unauthorised access under Union or national law, and which is held by public sector bodies, should be transferred only to third-countries where appropriate safeguards for the use of data are provided. Such appropriate safeguards should be considered to exist when in that third- country there are equivalent measures in place which ensure that non-personal data benefits from a level of protection similar to that applicable by means of Union or national law in particular as regards the protection of trade secrets and the protection of intellectual property rights. To that end, the Commission may adopt ~~implementing~~delegated acts that declare that a third country provides a level of protection that is essentially equivalent to those provided by Union or national law. The assessment of the level of protection afforded in such third-country should, in particular, take into consideration the relevant legislation, both general and sectoral, including concerning public security, defence, national security and criminal law concerning the access to and protection of non-personal data, any access by the public authorities of that third country to the data transferred, the existence and effective functioning of one or more independent supervisory authorities in the third country with responsibility for ensuring and enforcing compliance with the legal regime ensuring access to such data, or the third countries’ international commitments regarding the protection of data the third country concerned has entered into, or other obligations arising from legally binding conventions or instruments as well as from its participation in multilateral or regional systems. The existence of effective legal remedies for data holders, public sector bodies or data sharing providers in the third country concerned is of particular importance in the context of the transfer of non-personal data to that third country. Such safeguards should therefore include the availability of enforceable rights and of effective legal remedies.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Georgios KYRTSOS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) In cases where there is no ~~implementing~~delegated act adopted by the Commission in relation to a third country declaring that it provides a level of protection, in particular as regards the protection of commercially sensitive data and the protection of intellectual property rights, which is essentially equivalent to that provided by Union or national law, the public sector body should only transmit protected data to a re-user, if the re-user undertakes obligations in the interest of the protection of the data. The re-user that intends to transfer the data to such third country should commit to comply with the obligations laid out in this Regulation even after the data has been transferred to the third country. To ensure the proper enforcement of such obligations, the re- user should also accept the jurisdiction of the Member State of the public sector body that allowed the re-use for the judicial settlement of disputes.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Eva MAYDELL, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) In order to prevent unlawful access to non-personal data, public sector bodies, natural or legal persons to which the right to re-use data was granted, data sharing providers and entities entered in the register of recognised data altruism organisations should take all reasonable measures to prevent access to the systems where non-personal data is stored, including encryption of data, cybersecurity measures or corporate policies.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Jerzy BUZEK, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) In order to build trust in re-use mechanisms, it may be necessary to attach stricter conditions for certain types of non- personal data that have been identified as highly sensitive, as regards the transfer to third countries, if such transfer could jeopardise public policy objectives, in line with international commitments. For example, in the health domain, certain datasets held by actors in the public health system, such as public hospitals, could be identified as highly sensitive health data. Other relevant sectors could be transport, energy, environment, telecommunications and finance. In order to ensure harmonised practices across the Union, such types of highly sensitive non-personal public data should be defined by Union law, for example in the context of the European Health Data Space or other sectoral legislation. The conditions attached to the transfer of such data to third countries should be laid down in delegated acts. Conditions should be proportionate, non- discriminatory and necessary to protect legitimate public policy objectives identified, such as the protection of public health, public order, safety, the environment, public morals, consumer protection, privacy and personal data protection. The conditions should correspond to the risks identified in relation to the sensitivity of such data, including in terms of the risk of the re- identification of individuals. These conditions could include terms applicable for the transfer or technical arrangements, such as the requirement of using a secure processing environment, limitations as regards the re-use of data in third-countries or categories of persons which are entitled to transfer such data to third countries or who can access the data in the third country. In exceptional cases they could also include restrictions on transfer of the data to third countries to protect the public interest.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Georgios KYRTSOS, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40

(40) In order to successfully implement the data governance framework, a European Data Innovation Board should be established, in the form of an expert group. The Board should consist of representatives of the Member States, the Commission and representatives of relevant data spaces and specific sectors (such as health, agriculture, transport and statistics). The European Data Protection Board should be invited to appoint a representative to the European Data Innovation Board. A data innovation advisory council should be established as a sub-group of the Board consisting of relevant representatives from industry, research, standardisation organisations and other relevant stakeholders. That council should support the work of the Board by providing advice relating to the exchange of data, and in particular on how to best protect commercially sensitive data of non-personal nature, notably trade secrets, but also non-personal data representing content protected by intellectual property rights from unlawful access that may lead to IP theft or industrial espionage.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Jerzy BUZEK, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40

(40) In order to successfully implement the data governance framework, a European Data Innovation Board should be established, in the form of an expert group. The Board should consist of representatives of the Member States, the Commission and representatives of relevant data spaces and specific sectors (such as health, agriculture, transport and statistics) as well as representatives of academia, research and standard setting organisations, where relevant. The European Data Protection Board should be invited to appoint a representative to the European Data Innovation Board.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Eva MAYDELL, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40

(40) In order to successfully implement the data governance framework, a European Data Innovation Board should be established, in the form of an expert group. The Board should consist of representatives of the Member States, the Commission and representatives of relevant data spaces and specific sectors (such as health, energy, industrial manufacturing, agriculture, transport and statistics). The European Data Protection Board should be invited to appoint a representative to the European Data Innovation Board.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Eva MAYDELL, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41

(41) The Board should support the Commission in coordinating national practices and policies on the topics covered by this Regulation, and in supporting cross- sector data use by adhering to the European Interoperability Framework (EIF) principles and through the utilisation of European and international standards and specifications (~~such as~~including through the EU Multi-Stakeholder Platform for ICT Standardisation, the Core Vocabularies44 and the CEF Building Blocks45 ), without prejudice to standardisation work taking place in specific sectors or domains. Work on technical standardisation may include the identification of priorities for the development of standards and establishing and maintaining a set of technical and legal standards for transmitting data between two processing environments that allows data spaces to be organised without making recourse to an intermediary. The Board should cooperate with the Data Innovation Advisory Council, sectoral bodies, networks or expert groups, or other cross- sectoral organisations dealing with re-use of data. Regarding data altruism, the Board should assist the Commission in the development of the data altruism consent form, in consultation with the European Data Protection Board. _________________ 44 https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/sema ntic-interoperability-community- semic/core-vocabularies 45 https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/conn ecting-europe-facility-cef

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Othmar KARAS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)

(2 a) This Regulation is without prejudice to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council, to Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a. This Regulation should in particular not be read as creating a new legal basis for the processing of personal data for any of the regulated activities. Its implementation should not prevent cross- border transfers of data in accordance with Chapter V of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 from taking place. _________________ 1aDirective (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA. (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 89)

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Eva MAYDELL, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10

(10) ‘data altruism’ means ~~the consent~~voluntary sharing of data by data subjects to process personal data pertaining to them, or permissions of other data holders to allow the use of their non- personal data without seeking or receiving a reward, for purposes of general interest, such as scientific research purposes, policy making or improving public services;

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Eva MAYDELL, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Othmar KARAS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14

(14) ‘secure processing environment’ means the physical or virtual environment and organisational means to provide the opportunity to re-use data in a manner ensuring compliance with applicable legislation that allows for the operator of the secure processing environment to determine and supervise all data processing actions, including to display, storage, download, export of the data and calculation of derivative data through computational algorithms.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Othmar KARAS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – point a

(a) to access and re-use the data within a secure processing environment provided ~~and~~or controlled by the public sector ;

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5

(5) The public sector bodies shall impose conditions that preserve the integrity of the functioning of the technical systems of the secure processing environment used. The public sector body shall be able to verify any results of processing of data undertaken by the re- user and reserve the right, after giving the re-user the possibility to provide further information, to prohibit the use of results that contain information jeopardising the rights and interests of third parties.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 9 – introductory part

(9) The Commission may adopt ~~implementing~~delegated acts declaring that the legal, supervisory and enforcement arrangements of a third country:

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1

Those ~~implementing~~delegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the ~~advisory~~ procedure referred to in Article 2~~9 (2)~~8.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Eva MAYDELL, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) providing technical support ~~in the application of tested techniques~~ ensuring data processing in a manner that preserves privacy of the information contained in the data for which re-use is allowed, including techniques for pseudonymisation, anonymisation, generalisation, suppression ~~and~~, randomisation of personal data or other state-of-the-art privacy preserving methods;

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5

(5) The Member States shall make public and communicate to the Commission the identity of the competent bodies designated pursuant to paragraph 1 by [date of application of this Regulation]. They shall also make public and communicate to the Commission any subsequent modification of the identity of those bodies.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Markus FERBER, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Georgios KYRTSOS, Markus PIEPER, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Othmar KARAS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)

(2 a) The single information point may establish a separate, simplified and well- documented information channel for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), addressing their needs and capabilities in requesting the re-use of the categories of data referred to in Article 3 (1).

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3

(3) Requests for the re-use of the categories of data referred to in Article 3 (1) shall be granted or refused by the competent public sector bodies or the competent bodies referred to in Article 7 (1) within a reasonable time, and in any case within two months from the date of the request. In order to contribute to a consistent application of this Regulation the competent public sector bodies shall cooperate with each other, and where relevant with the Commission, when refusing requests for re-use of the categories of data referred to in Article 3 (1).

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) intermediation services between data subjects that seek to make their personal data available and potential data users, including making available the technical or other means to enable such services, in the exercise of the rights provided in Regulation (EU) 2016/679, in particular managing the data subjects’ consent to data processing;

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 9

(9) The competent authority shall notify the Commission of each new notification without delay and the Commission shall forward each notification to the national competent authorities of the Member States by electronic means. The Commission shall keep a register of providers of data sharing services.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Markus FERBER, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Markus PIEPER, Georgios KYRTSOS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Othmar KARAS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 10

(10) The competent authority may charge fees. Such fees shall be proportionate and objective and be based on the administrative costs related to the monitoring of compliance and other market control activities of the competent authorities in relation to notifications of data sharing services. The competent authority may also charge discounted fees or allow free of charge notification for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 11

(11) Where a ~~provider of data sharing services~~data intermediary ceases its activities, it shall notify the relevant competent authority determined pursuant to paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 within 15 days. The competent authority shall forward without delay each such notification to the Commission by electronic means. The Commission without delay shall forward each notification to the national competent authorities inof the Member States ~~and to the Commission by electronic means~~by electronic means and update the public register.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point 8

(8) the ~~provider~~data intermediary shall take measures to ensure a high level of security, including state-of-the-art cybersecurity, for the storage and transmission of non- personal data; and the intermediary shall further ensure the highest level of security, including state-of-the-art cybersecurity, for the storage and transmission of competitively sensitive information; the data intermediary shall inform the competent authority without delay of any security breach that jeopardises the security of data.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3

(3) The designated competent authorities, the data protection authorities, the national competition authorities, the authorities in charge of cybersecurity, and other relevant sectorial authorities shall exchange the information which is necessary for the exercise of their tasks in relation to data sharing providers and ensure consistency of the decisions taken in application of this directive.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)

(b a) to advise and assist the Commission in developing consistent guidelines on how to best protect, in the context of this Regulation, commercially sensitive data of non-personal nature, notably trade secrets, but also non- personal data representing content protected by intellectual property rights from unlawful access that may lead to IP theft or industrial espionage.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) to facilitate the cooperation between national competent authorities, the Commission and other European and international bodies under this Regulation through capacity- building and the exchange of information, in particular by establishing methods for the efficient exchange of information relating to the notification procedure for data sharing service providers and the registration and monitoring of recognised data altruism organisations.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0104(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Daniel BUDA, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Tom BERENDSEN, Tomislav SOKOL, Krzysztof HETMAN, Lena DÜPONT, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) Past experiences have shown that investment is often drastically cut during crises. However, it is essential to support investment in this particular situation to speed up the recovery and strengthen long- term growth potential. Investing in green and digital technologies, capacities and processes aimed at assisting clean energy transition, boosting energy efficiency in housing and other key sectors of the economic are important to achieve sustainable growth and overall help create jobs, as well as foster mid-term competitiveness. It will also help make the Union more resilient and less dependent by diversifying key supply chains. and boosting a knowledge based economy

2020/09/11
Committee: REGI

2020/0104(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Daniel BUDA, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Tom BERENDSEN, Tomislav SOKOL, Krzysztof HETMAN, Lena DÜPONT, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) Against this background, it is necessary to strengthen the current framework for the provision of support to Member States and provide direct financial support to Member States through an innovative tool. To that end, a Recovery and Resilience Facility (the ‘Facility’) should be established under this Regulation to provide effective financial and significant support to step up the implementation of reforms and related public investments ~~in the~~that will entail an improvement of the sustainability and competitiveness of Member States economics. The Facility should be comprehensive and should also benefit from the experience gained by the Commission and the Member States from the use of the other instruments and programmes.

2020/09/11
Committee: REGI

2020/0104(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Daniel BUDA, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Tom BERENDSEN, Tomislav SOKOL, Krzysztof HETMAN, Lena DÜPONT, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) In order to implement these overall objectives, relevant actions will be identified during the Facility’s preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes. Also, due attention should be paid to the impact of the national plans submitted under this Regulation on fostering not only the green transition, but also the digital transformation and the development of a knowledge based economy. They will ~~both~~ play a priority role in relaunching and modernising our economy.

2020/09/11
Committee: REGI

2020/0104(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Daniel BUDA, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Tom BERENDSEN, Tomislav SOKOL, Lena DÜPONT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2

2. To achieve that general objective, the specific objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to provide Member States with financial support with a view to achieving the milestones and targets of ~~reforms~~structural reforms ( including those of public administration systems) and investments as set out in their recovery and resilience plans. That specific objective shall be pursued in close cooperation with the Member States concerned.

2020/09/11
Committee: REGI

2020/0104(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Daniel BUDA, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Tom BERENDSEN, Lena DÜPONT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1

Resources allocated to Member States under shared management may, at their request, be transferred to the Facility. (except for ERDF, EAFRD and ESF+) The Commission shall implement those resources directly in accordance with point (a) of Article 62(1) of the Financial Regulation. Those resources shall be used for the benefit of the Member State concerned.

2020/09/11
Committee: REGI

2020/0104(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Daniel BUDA, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Tom BERENDSEN, Lena DÜPONT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1

1. In pursuance of the objectives set out in Article 4, Member States shall prepare national recovery and resilience plans. These plans shall set out the reform and investment agenda of the Member State concerned for the subsequent four years as well as yearly objectives. Recovery and resilience plans eligible for financing under this instrument shall comprise measures for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects through a coherent package, which should comprise yearly objectives, as well as an indicators and implementation evaluation system.

2020/09/11
Committee: REGI

2020/0104(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Daniel BUDA, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Tom BERENDSEN, Tomislav SOKOL, Krzysztof HETMAN, Lena DÜPONT, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point b

(b) an explanation of how the plan strengthens the growth potential, job creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State concerned, mitigates the economic and social impact of the crisis, the improvement of the business fabric, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence;

2020/09/11
Committee: REGI

2020/0104(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Daniel BUDA, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Tom BERENDSEN, Tomislav SOKOL, Krzysztof HETMAN, Lena DÜPONT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point h

(h) the accompanying measures that may be needed; amongst other issues the reduction of national bureaucracies and increase of public private partnerships

2020/09/11
Committee: REGI

2020/0104(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Daniel BUDA, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Tom BERENDSEN, Krzysztof HETMAN, Lena DÜPONT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4

4. In the preparation of proposals for their recovery and resilience plan, Member States may request the Commission to organise an exchange of good practices in order to allow the requesting Member States to benefit from the experience of other Member State~~s. Member States~~, and that shall he made public to the rest of the European institutions and bodies once it may have become consolidated. may also request technical support under the Technical Support Instrument in accordance with the regulation thereof.

2020/09/11
Committee: REGI

2020/0104(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Daniel BUDA, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Tom BERENDSEN, Krzysztof HETMAN, Lena DÜPONT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point d

(d) whether the recovery and resilience plan is expected to effectively contribute to strengthen the competitive growth potential, job creation, and economic and social resilience of the Member State, mitigate the economic and social impact of the crisis, and contribute to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion;

2020/09/11
Committee: REGI

2020/0104(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Daniel BUDA, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Tom BERENDSEN, Lena DÜPONT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point e

(e) whether the justification provided by the Member State on the amount of the estimated total costs of the recovery and resilience plan submitted is reasonable and plausible, as well as a payment plan in accordance with legislation, and is commensurate to the expected impact on the economy and employment;

2020/09/11
Committee: REGI

2020/0104(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Daniel BUDA, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Tom BERENDSEN, Lena DÜPONT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point g

(g) whether the arrangements proposed by the Member States concerned are expected to ensure an effective implementation of the recovery and resilience plan, including the envisaged timetable, payment plan, milestones and targets, and the related indicators.

2020/09/11
Committee: REGI

2020/0104(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Daniel BUDA, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Tom BERENDSEN, Tomislav SOKOL, Krzysztof HETMAN, Lena DÜPONT

(f) the arrangements for providing access by the Commission to the underlying relevant data, from the regional, local and national administrations.

2020/09/11
Committee: REGI

Markus PIEPER, Pernille WEISS, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Jerzy BUZEK, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Jens GIESEKE, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Massimiliano SALINI, Sven SCHULZE, Christian EHLER, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 1

Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) implement strategies and measures designed to meet the Union’s climate- neutrality objective as set out in Article 2 of Regulation …/… [Climate Law], the objectives and targets of the Energy Union, and for the first ten-year period, from 2021 to 2030, in particular the Union’s 2030 targets for energy and climate;; , and to achieve the EU's industrial policy goals, in particular the goal of increasing the share of industrial value creation in the total value creation of the EU, in order to achieve a more competitive and resilient economy;

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2020/0036(COD)

Markus PIEPER, Pernille WEISS, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Jerzy BUZEK, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Jens GIESEKE, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Tom BERENDSEN, Massimiliano SALINI, Sven SCHULZE, Christian EHLER, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 3

Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f

(f) an assessment of the impacts of the planned policies and measures to meet the objectives referred to in point (b) of this paragraph, including their consistency with Union’s climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2 of Regulation …/… [Climate Law], the long-term greenhouse gas emission reduction objectives under the Paris Agreement and the long-term strategies as referred to in Article 15; as well as the EU's industrial policy goals according to COM(2020) 102 final;

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

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